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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 have enough faith right now to know that god has everything ready for me. >> thames leads bible study and is regarded as a jailhouse pastor. but in another unit, michael leisher pledges allegiance to a different entity. >> you got lucifer and satan. through death i found life and hell is my paradise. this is my paradise. >> leisher says his life is illuminated by all of his tattoos. all of which were accumulated during his various prison stays. >> it's better than some of the scratches i've seen on some inmates. but it's really not all that extravagant. it's definitely not street-quality wor...

The root cause of it every time i've ever been in trouble in my entire life is all so i can get 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 th...

It's a nice back piece, ain't it? my brother did that. huh? getting the back piece on camera, baby, huh, showing off your work, son. huh? >> prior to coming to wabash, half-brothers chas harper and david carr had several short-term prison stays, and carr, a tattoo artist, has commemorated the experiences both on harper's body and his own. >> the prison towers with the clown and the judge in between it is the clown. >> they tried to make the best of things with their neighbors, patrick gaskill and fabian gomez. >> is the cake coming to my house? >> you better grab a bowl. >> but change is on th...

Prison stays have cost him his relationship with his own children. >> right now, i'm not in contact with any of them. i mess them all. you know, i really do. so if any influence comes from me to him, i wanted it to be something positive. i wanted it to be something good. and then that way, if anybody's around my kids, i want them to be giving them a positive influence, rather than some negative, and then i can't expect that if i don't first give it. >> among other things, mchellon is helping parker earn his ged. >> why wasn't this right on those? >> listen, listen, this is what i'm trying to t...