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>> but komyatti could never have prepared for the bizarre chain of events ahead of him. six months after his release, three indiana state prison inmates staged a daring escape. komyatti found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. he and a friend had gone to a casino and was seen by an off-duty correctional officer the same night three inmates got away. komyatti was picked up for investigated but eventually cleared of any involvement. but because he had violated his parole by driving a car with only a learner's permit, he was sent back to prison. less than a year later, he was a free ma...

>> during his recovery, ray's past drug addiction problems came back to haunt him. the temptation of readily available pain medication was too much to overcome. >> i got carried away with my pain pills. what can i say? you know, i just -- i gobbled them up, and then i don't have none, and the doctor's not going to give me none. then the come-down is so terrible. you know, you're going to the streets. it got out of hand, you know, because of the pain. >> a positive drug test eventually led to ray violating his parole and like his brother roy, he was sent back to prison. he served a total of 90 ...

Many of the stories we cover on "lockup" involve not only the lives of inmates but of their families. and sometimes we're there when new families are being formed. such was the case with ronnie tye, who was nearing the end of an 11-year sentence for burglary at indiana state prison when we met him and his fiance, jodie wormen. >> i told him i wanted to get married october 7th. >> october 7th. that'll work. >> ronnie had been out of jail for more than a year now. >> my last day of prison, i was anxious, ready to go. i ran. >> he said it took a while to get used to being out of lockup. >> when i...

Great, and everything around me seems bright, clear, lots of color and full of life. and it starts off for me with my wife and us eating off nice china. >> while roy proudly displays his china, his reminders from prison, photos, letters, and cards are all contained in a cardboard box. >> what do you think of that when you look at that? >> not too happy. i made bad decisions in my youth and my karmic debt that i had to wise up and be thankful for what i had, don try and live outside my means. i went to prison for robbery. you know, i got excited and thought things are going to be all right. thi...

This is what the doctor put on until my nose can be reconstructed. >> at the time of our visit with komyatti, he still had another three months to wait until the nose reconstruction surgery. it won't be the same as his old nose, but his old nose will never be far away. it's in his freezer. >> this is a very unconventional way to hold one's nose. this is my nose and an inch and a half of my tongue. >> does it bother you that it's sitting in your freezer? >> i would rather have it sitting on my face. it looks better on my face than it does in this baggy. coming up, paul komyatti goes back to p...