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Times, but not too much. if i knew i would get out of here, get on the bus, go see my mom right away, no stops in between anywhere, i would not drink. i'm going to be on the streets for few days before i see my mom. >> you can't be on the streets without drinking? >> not at all. i'm an alcoholic. straight up. full blown, full blooded alcoholic. >> get her done, yeah! >> when laforce first arrived, he nearly got into a fight with his assigned cellmate. >> go run another lap. >> now he's housed with an old friend from the street who knows all about laforce and his many arrests. >> my little budd...

I don't want to go anywhere. >> he sat out in front of the door where the officers take you for booking and he was back within three hours, four hours, something like that. he's like, i'm back. yeah, you are, your bunk's still open. i've known him 15, 20 years. >> a really good 15 years. >> i've run into him on the street a lot. >> gives me shoes when i ain't got shoes. always gives me something to eat. >> oh, yeah. i caught him on the light rail one day. i went shopping for me and my nephew, buy some brand-new shoes. he jumped on the light rail no shoes, no coat. it's raining. he's not a bad ...

Rehabilitated here and we're just kind of hoping that one day he'll learn. but in 1,087 times that he's been here, he hasn't learned. >> laforce is currently housed with a friend from the streets. clayton has also spent years combatting homelessness and addiction. >> i used to live right in front of the porno shop in a tent right there, selling drugs, and coming back and forth to jail for it. first i used to sell marijuana. then i went up to selling crack cocaine. then i started selling crystal meth. then, you know, i started doing the drugs, and they have the saying. first the man takes the d...

But a lot of people like helping me out, the homeless guy out, and seeing people looking passed me and shaking their head and going, no, not today. you're just going to go drink it up with it. >> chris laforce says he has been chronically homeless for the past 20 years. >> and there's a lot of people that drive by and say jesus loves you, chris. it's kind of cool. i like that part. it makes me feel good. just talking to them or having a pretty girl smile at you is better than getting any money, you know. >> laforce is back now for violating probation on his earlier conviction of arson. he hope...

Why didn't you help me? and that was it for me. i knew i couldn't keep doing. this we deal with so many different people that a lot of times you think this person might be coming to help you, and they're not. it happened. they prey on the homeless. >> laforce will soon be back on those same streets. due to his current jail stay, he has 42 days of sobriety and will released in another week. >> get my head shaved and get my mug shaved. >> as he has on prior release, laforce holds out hope of visiting his mother. >> hey, good sport. looking like almost a real human being. not part of the bushes. ...