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Code. the convict code is something we've seen in most of the prisons we've visited. it comes down to you hear nothing, you see nothing, you say nothing. you do your time and mind your business. we met one inmate who observed the convict code but was also open about being gay, and that's a combination you rarely find in prison. >> hi. all the men in there. hey! kenneth morgan is serving nine years for forgery and drug trafficking when we met him during our extended stay shoot at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i told him i had more legs than a bucket of chicken. i do, i tell you. >> he was...

Good-bye to jones and his family. >> see you later! >> but it wouldn't be the last we saw of him. we asked jones if we could follow up with him after he was settled back home. five days after his release, he was appreciating even the smallest perks of freedom. >> you don't have to sit there and ask to get your door rolled. you can walk in and out any time you want. you don't have to ask to go get something. i'm finally free, and it's amazing. >> we also met his father, william jones sr., who had turned him in to authorities after he burglarized his home. >> we had a lot of problems with him as...

Friends in the jail and developed a constructive daily routine. >> i'm not surprised people that can't necessarily get it together out of the real world come in here and function very well in a controlled environment. many people do in here. >> hey there, handsome. thank you. >> i am still learning life because i didn't know life. i'm 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, i'm doing it. i'm learning it. there's a lot of girls in here that don't know how. and i'm going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. that's what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi bo...

You want. you don't have to ask to go get something. i'm finally free, and it's amazing. >> we also met his father, william jones sr., who had turned him into authorities after he burglarized his home. >> we had a lot of problems with him as a child. and i had just had enough. literally had enough. >> i know me going to prison messed him up a lot. he files like it's his fault. and it's not. >> i lived for two years blaming myself for it because of the amount of time that he got for stealing stuff that he did. and then i realized one day if i wouldn't have stopped him, it could have escalated i...

Open about being gay, and that's a combination you rarely find in prison. >> hi. all the men in there. hey! kenneth morgan is serving nine years for forgery and drug trafficking when we met him during our extended stay shoot at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i told him i had more legs than a bucket of chicken. i do, i tell you. >> he was known to most of the prison by his nickname, peaches. >> you going to get a tattoo on your back? >> it says peaches all the way across the back. >> it better not. >> peaches is one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a priso...