in there you can t have that opportunity to do what you want to. this is probably going to be the only cigarettes i buy, to be honest with you. when them done, probably go to dipping. no, i m kidding. bye, donald. take care of yourself. thanks. tell snake when you see him, tell him i m finally free. okay. all right. i don t want to see you back, neither. no. all right. take care. i got my degree in life now. all right. take care, donald. he s on his own. there s going to be a lot of pressure on him. it s hard to tell if he s going to be sincere. i know he wants to be. but the temptation may be just too strong for him. but we re through with him unless he gets picked up again and gets another case and they send him back our way. next on lockup, donald
back at ad seg, bobby gilbert has chosen to go on a hunger strike in response to his transfer denial. how long does it take to starve to death? 35, 40 days. they can have it. i gave them 22 years, 6 months. that s enough. start to feel like a sissy and keep rolling the stone up the hill, knowing damn well it s going to roll back to the bottom. you reach a point, it just ain t in your heart to fight anymore. i told him i d write him when i got out just to have some kind of a way to look back and know where i came from. he ll be there and every time i get a letter or i ll write or something, it will remind me to keep me on the straight and narrow. i feel that s more of a rehabilitative services than anything the state can offer. next on lockup, donald s release is just days away and his future is more uncertain than ever.
and he knows if he needs me, i m here for him. at this point you just look back and realize that the best part of it is over with anyway. you know, the ball game is pretty much played. you re just sitting in the bleachers now. i talked to him about it. he says little weird comments like, yeah, in about ten years i ll just go ahead and kill me a police and go to death row and just be over with, you know. because you ain t doing nothing here. you know, not with life without. he ain t got an upper hand, you know? bobby s neighbor, donald pippin, has been in ad seg since a botched escape attempt from county jail in 2001. what are you doing over there? your mama. through a shared cell wall, bobby and donald have become friends. what are you doing? nothing.
was doing pretty decent, you know. when i came, they stripped all that away, all my clothes, vehicles. hell, my rights, you know, they took everything. this is what i will be taking out of prison. everything i own will be in here, letters and stuff i bought a long time ago. this shower bag. that s the only thing i m getting out of prison, a leather bag and myself. but then a phone message comes into holman that can provide the answer to donald s search for a new home. hey, your father called today. who? your father. he said he didn t forget your birthday. he s made several attempts to send you a letter. he said happy birthday. he changed his mind. he s going to give you a second chance. if you re sincere about getting out and coming to work, coming to oklahoma. oklahoma? i ain t going to no oklahoma. that s where your father is and has his own business, right? right. he says you re more than welcome to come when you get out on the 4th. you re welcome to come home, but
dog on a leash. no, don t do that now. yeah. they might start shooting me with the bullet shots. it feels good to be out here. does it? yeah, it feels good. no chains, no nothing. just the sky, the sun is hot. feels real good. feel like a million bucks. i ll be glad to get rid of that building. go on. finally free. it s wide-open country out here. i ain t been in such a wide-open space in so long. i feel like i can run across that field and tromp in the dirt or something like a little kid. with a 55-minute van ride to the bus depot and a five-hour bus ride to dothan, donald calls his aunt to confirm she will pick him up at the bus station. i m calling to tell you i m out and i ll be there around 6:00 tonight. sorry you can t pick up the phone. hopefully i ll call you soon. see you later. bye. love you. i guess she ain t home. voice mail or answering machine