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Mountain inmates get to spend one hour in the prison yard. with such limited freedom, inmates spend their time in a variety of ways. india mcdowell spends his time braiding other men's hair. >> i do this for a living. sometime i might do it for cheap. usually about five hours. sometimes i might do it. >> how much does it cost? >> usually about $5. >> how about him? >> he got a discount. i'm a christian. i like to help other people out. >> i let him do the style he wants to do. stylist's choice. >> right now i'm on a different schedule. i just got to do something easy. knowing i know i can get ...

>> the move went off okay. and when we got to his cell, he kind of took it in. even though it looked like, you mow, pretty much the same as his old cell, it seemed like he was in a new world. >> looks about the same, doesn't it? >> later, our crew caught up with sears on the prison yard. >> that's my main concentration and priority, to try and make something good of this. it's not going to do me no good to sit here and ignore this, throw all this to crazy or not get anything out of it. i'm not that 15-year-old kid anymore. i'm 41 years old now. >> as he walked across the yard, first time in ye...

Years ago. at the age of 16 he had a promised scholarship and an nfl career was ahead of him. all of that was suddenly snatched from him when he was falsely convicted of rape. he served five years in prison and another four on probation before his accuser recanted, she had made the whole thing up. >> i know what i've been through. >> a year ago, with his name cleared, banks began mounting a comeback. thursday night, after standing on the sidelines for three quarters, he got his shot with the atlanta falcons. a 28-year-old rookie but no rookie nerves. >> nervous is when you walk into a courtroo...

Correctional staff. who not only believe yost is a dangerous inmate but that he's the leader of a white supremacist gang. >> is that yost? have you seen him on the yard? watch for him. watch out for that dude. watch his movement. >> we found information, we received a kite saying that if yost gets three feet next to this guy, he's going to hit him. he's going to hit him. >> what's my role here? i'm an [ bleep ]. in their mind, i'm a [ bleep ]. i'm constantly agitating them. and i won't quit. >> ultimately yost may not have a choice. >> time's ticking. i'm sick from hepatitis c virus from shoot...

>> we missed you. >> one time. one time only. >> go ahead. >> hey, i'm not good at this. i'll tell you right now. are you good? >> not really. >> not really? >> hit a ringer. >> i'll try. >> i think it astounded him to be out on the yard and working out with somebody else, being in contact with another inmate that he could talk to without being in shackles. >> that's one, two. >> i'm ahead, 2-0. >> he seemed like a kid, you know, at summer camp. >> but an even more significant challenge is in sears' future. >> i ain't going to lie. i worry about, am i going to be able to talk with these people...