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>> 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, boys. >> peaches was one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a prison. he's very flamboyant. very forthright. very honest. >> one inmate's independence is put to the test by the convict code. will they turn your night in... into a night out? or w...

And gate two at this time. clear. >> when jones finally exited the prison's main gate, our camera teams met up and we said 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, wil...

Too hot for me. caliente. >> morgan also earned the respect of other inmates as well as compensation in the form of commissary goods by providing skilled services not often found in prison. among other things, he's a tailor. >> now stand up here on the chair. i ain't getting on my knees, honey. you got me twisted. i'm not getting on my knees. >> you do it any other time. >> [ bleep ] >> none of the straight inmates were embarrassed to be seen with peaches. and that was also unusual in a general population setting. >> for a gay man in prison. it's like disney land. you just don't know what ride...

Welcome, and i've given you several chances, and i think a change of environment would do you good. >> peaches was very disappointed to find out his transfer was going to be to another penitentiary and not the one he hoped for. but in prison you have so little control of your own lives, that most of these guys become very accepting of their fate. they know they only have so much leeway and once a decision is made, they have to go with it. >> i knew it was coming. i knew it was coming. how do i feel? sad. there's not much i can say. i'm still in prison. but everybody up and moves. but everybody...

Honesty has served him well in an environment where homophobia can run rampant. >> i was 100% open that i was gay. i wasn't going to hide it. people took more of a liking to me, a trust to me. i wasn't considered a liar like somebody who is hiding it. it's all about trust being in prison. it's an open house. thank you. >> but honestly alone wasn't always enough. >> i've had to fight quite a few times. i'm not going to have anything taken from me. not material things, i mean sexual bodily function things, too. i'm not having anything taken from me. i'll put the purse down and i'll have to fight...