Stay updated with breaking news from Lester stokes. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
>> you admire hitler? >> i think he did have some good ideas. by taking over the world and making it be his. who wouldn't want to do that? i don't blame him for trying to do that. i understand. if i could be king of the whole world, i would be, too. i wouldn't do what he did with it. >> stokes says the tattoos help him fit in with some of the white gangs in the prison, which he says is key to his survival there. >> i'm a skinny white boy going to a prison full of gang members. when it's you behind the fence, you got to be cliqued up with somebody to have your back. >> when i was in prison i got jumped by four neighborhood crips. broke my nose and my jaw, four stitches in my eye. fought them all off. they were trying to steal my shoes. i told them if i wanted my shoes, they had to take them off my feet. >> did they get your shoes? >> no. i kept my shoes. i got to keep my shoes. i paid for those shoes.
they read it, it's recorded, and then the tape and the book is sent out to the child. despite their circumstances, despite the bad choices that they've made to come here, they still want to stay connected to their kids and, you know, want to show their kids that they're doing something positive. >> let's go! meeks and stokes, come here! >> lester stokes has just signed up for story time. >> stokes. >> stokes? this is story time request -- or application. so, do you have more than one child? >> i have four. >> are they all at the same house? no? okay. she's got some extras for you. you have to fill out one for each household. >> all right, thank you. >> okay? you're welcome. >> stokes has served two prior prison terms and will soon return to serve six years for false impersonation. he has four daughters by three women.
high. every time i've ever done anything wrong, it's because i was getting high. >> lester stokes arrived at tulsa county on a charge of false impersonation. he was recently convicted and sentenced to six years. he's now awaiting transfer to prison. stokes has two prior prison stays, as well. the first for armed robbery and the second, possession of cocaine. his time in the oklahoma department of corrections or d.o.c. is memorialized in this tattoo work. >> bars says remember the numbers there on that clock are 480609. that's my d.o.c. number because time doesn't really matter in here. i got a "i hate cops" tattooed across my shoulder. >> it looks like an apostrophe. >> yeah, it does. >> you know that's a mistake. >> i know, we were really high and didn't think about it. little devil with a shotgun. anarchy sign. 88. >> and the 88 is for what? >> stands for heil hitler.
because you pull this crap again -- >> i'm not pulling no crap, sir. >> i will bury you so far back in there you won't even be able to get mail. you think i'm bluffing, you be stupid enough to call my bluff. >> i do not, sir. >> are you tracking me loud and clear? >> i hear you, sir. >> by all rights you should not even be out of the unit. don't blow it. >> i'm not going to blow it, sir. >> my last visit with mr. gonzalez, he was genuine in his remorse of what he had done. do i ever think he's going to do it again? i highly doubt he will do it again. mr. nava, on the other hand, he's a wild card. impulse control with him is very low. that's not a deal of if something is going to happen, that's a deal of when he's going to do something else. coming up -- >> pretty nervous. i don't want to mess up. i don't want to say anything stupid. >> lester stokes reaches out to his little girl. >> gretel and her brother,
Lockup Tulsa Extended Stay-20191215-06:45:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
>> stokes says in prison he remained on the fringes of gangs like the aryan brotherhood but is now a prospect for one of the fastest-growing white gangs in oklahoma, the irish mob. >> i haven't fully earned like full membership yet. >> how do you do that? >> got to be a good dude. solid, prove yourself. fight people, whatever it comes down to. i've been in like three fights. it's not bad. >> all right [ bleep ] time. be top dog, stay getting involved, keep your problems solved from the side, back, middle and front. i steady be hitting the blunt. >> stokes has also written raps to win approval from the irish mob. >> i keep praying to god that they never cross paths with the irish mob. i stay close to the side, back, middle and front. never been given [ bleep ] ready to swing before i'm ready to duck. one step further i'm ready to buck. i keep praying to god they never cross paths with the irish mob. >> while stokes tries to secure a place with the irish mob, he
>> irish people eat better than everybody else. >> proving irish heritage, however, is not a requirement for membership. >> my mom has red hair and i figured people with red hair usually are from ireland, right? irish people. i don't know where my family is from. i've never tracked my family tree. >> what is this? >> mayonnaise. >> what the -- >> we never get mayonnaise. >> [ bleep ]. i don't trust it. >> i know. >> i don't trust it. >> but stokes knows for long-term happiness he will need more than his gang. >> my daughter will only be 11 or 12 years old when i get out. the oldest one. i might still be able to be a dad. but i'd have to stop all this stuff. i can't be a gang member and a dad at the same time. >> stokes' eldest daughter is 7-year-old emilee. thanks to a program called story time, stokes and several other inmates can take a break from jail in order to be parents. >> you guys need to get a book
she spelled prison p-r-i-z-o-n. these emotions aren't good for me in here. they're not helping me. that's weakness, i don't want to show it. i'm so scared to let those people see who i really am. scared maybe they'll make fun of me for it or hate me for it. tattooed-up gangster that cries in his cell every night. coming up -- >> how can you even remotely be able to justify that to me? you better hope he don't die. >> is he still in the hospital? >> yes. >> reality sinks in for the two assailants. and for lester stokes. >> you're the most beautiful girl in the world and nothing could ever change that. you're special, baby girl. i love you with all my heart. that liberty mutual
sent out to the child. >> a jail program that helps inmates connect to their children gets a new participant. >> stokes. this is story time request or application. i wanted more from my copd medicine that's why i've got the power of 1, 2, 3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda-approved once-daily 3-in-1 copd treatment. ♪ trelegy ♪ the power of 1,2,3 ♪ trelegy ♪ 1,2,3 ♪ trelegy woman: with trelegy and the power of 1, 2, 3, i'm breathing better.
the library and they're able to pick out a children's book and they read it, it's recorded, and then the tape and the book is sent out to the child. despite their circumstances, despite the bad choices that they've made to come here, they still want to stay connected to their kids and, you know, want to show their kids that they're doing something positive. >> let's go! meeks and stokes, come here! >> lester stokes has just signed up for story time. >> stokes. >> stokes? this is story time request -- or application. so, do you have more than one child? >> i have four. >> are they all at the same house? no? okay. she's got some extras for you. you have to fill out one for each household. >> all right, thank you. >> okay? you're welcome. >> stokes has served two prior prison terms and will soon return to serve six years for false impersonation.