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I was a teenager then. but a lot of the c.o.s will tell you i've done calmed down a whole lot, so i've been the inmate before with the buck-wild mentality, with the not caring for nothing and not knowing the code. you know what i'm saying? i've been that dude. >> narrator: now at age 33, voltz says he would like to begin a new chapter. he will soon be eligible for a work-release program, where he'll spend his nights in jail, but can spend days in preapproved locations, such as the louisville tattoo studio he owns with a friend. >> whatever i do, i'm gonna have to do it on my own or with my gro...

Without a schedule, okay? >> okay. >> you got any questions? >> mnh-mnh. >> all right. let's get you out of here then. >> i'm feeling good -- good to be free. you know, get to go home, see my kids, get some money, you know, make love. yes! yeah, i mean, it's hot as a mother[bleep] out here. you can tell i got locked up in the wintertime. >> narrator: brian voltz is spending more time outdoors, as well, now that he's qualified for the jail's work-release program. >> i'm back to the streets. i got my swag back. i mean, it just makes you feel less captive, less like an animal. you know what i'm s...

You know what i'm talking? mind over everything. >> narrator: soon after jackson's segregation time is complete, he will leave the jail altogether and serve the rest of his sentence in a home-incarceration program, where he will be back with the woman he loves. >> you got somebody as beautiful as her, it's like finding a diamond for the first time in your life. and i finally found my diamond. all the other ones was decoys, preparing me for the real thing, you know? so when you finally get somebody you really love, you got to take care of that person. >> while jackson feels lucky in love, brian...

>> this is what i love doing. i love tattooing. i love the fact that, you know, we got our shop going, and it is what it is. >> tattooing's like riding a bike. i mean, it comes back naturally. you know what i'm saying? i've been tattooing probably an average of three people a day, so i'm doing all right. bop! >> oh! [ laughs ] >> you know you got the lifetime warranty, too? >> i better have one. >> narrator: though voltz' professional life is back on track, he still has some personal relationships that require attention. >> yeah, it's my baby. >> narrator: alicia russ is the mother of voltz's ...

Back, you know? >> narrator: though he's working on the relationship, voltz still claims the police report was exaggerated. >> let the police report tell it, i beat her, threw her into a wall, and all that [bleep] is that the truth? no. i never beat her. i never threw her into the wall. i never did none of that. >> narrator: but voltz admits he has been violent in the past. >> we have had altercations. i have put my hands on her open-handed, smacked her, or pushed her around or whatever. but no, it was never like to the extent that she said. deuce. >> narrator: whatever the couple's difference...