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they'll be all right. they'll make it eventually. they'll get tired of doing this, get too old. he even said himself, yeah, i'm tired of coming to prison. okay. we'll see. >> want to climb up? you want to climb up? i didn't think so. we are in vallejo city park. it's nice, sunny day, just taking my goddaughter and her sister to the park and watch them play. much better than me sitting in prison. know what i mean? can't even compare it. >> after spending 19 of his 37 years behind bars, due mostly to violent crimes inside prison walls, scanvinski hymes is finally a free man. >> i really appreciate the ability to just walk out the door and walk down the street to the store. the little things that i do out here mean so much to me. you can't do it in prison. i gotcha! you want to go back home? you want to go back home? i'm more of a mellow type out
>> scanvinski hymes is no stranger to "lockup." our producers first met him seven years ago inside pelican bay, california's toughest maximum security prison. >> i don't care if you the peace officer, if you are the governor, if you are the president, if you do something to me, it's on. >> he's bucking right now, he's struggling. >> hymes is a career inmate with 19 of his 37 years spent behind bars. >> turn around. turn around. >> nope. you all use that force on me. >> officers in several california prisons have gotten plenty of opportunities to document his bad behavior on videotape. while most inmates try to deal with prison life the best they can, hymes has fought the system all the way. >> ha, ha, ha. going to be like starting a whole new life. i can go anywhere. i can get a passport. i can do anything, you know, if i want to. i'm not under supervision of law enforcement at all times like i have been.
i'm keeping you like this. you can go back there now. >> ow, ow, ow, ow. >> [ bleep ] >> hold it. hold it. >> come on, [ bleep ] >> come on, [ bleep ] >> i can do this 24/7. >> hymes is back, right now, on a parole violation. he's been violated on parole numerous times. with him, i think it's entertainment. it's a game. he is a master at pushing people's buttons. he knows what reactions he wants to get and he's very, very good at doing it. >> with scanvinski hymes reaching the end of his sentence in just a few days, he will have to find ways to entertain himself in the outside world. >> for most inmates, release
understand where they are coming from, but if this is all you know, you know, there's a level of progression in here, too, i guess. like in the streets, you get a promotion doing good and here you get a promotion doing bad. so it's sad. but it's reality. coming up on "lockup," prison time is ending for scanvinski hymes. >> i'm a free black man in america. let me live. >> and t.j.'s is just beginning. >> you have what i consider a violent felony background. i doubt very sincerely anybody would put you on probation with your record. the ant mindlessly marches on. carrying up to 50 times its body weight. it never questions the tasks at hand. but this year, there's a more thrilling path to follow. (father) kids... ...change of plans! (vo) defy the laws of human nature... ...at the summer of audi sales event get exceptional offers now!
original file here. i'm becoming irritated because it's like a domino effect. it's just getting worse and worse and worse and nothing is being done to correct the problem. and the problem is so minor and it's so simple that, i mean, i could simply get a correctional officer to come and say oh, yeah. i walked him to r & r the day he paroled. i know he paroled from my unit. but they won't go by that. coming up on "lockup" -- scanvinski hymes is on the streets. >> people don't realize i'm really more mellow out here. there you go. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you're welcome, honey. but you're not, because you have e*trade whose tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad, get e*trade.
>> scanvinski hymes is no stranger to "lockup." our producers first met him seven years ago inside pelican bay, california's toughest maximum security prison. >> i don't care if you the peace officer, if you are the governor, if you are the president, if you do something to me, it's on. >> he's bucking right now, he's struggling. >> hymes is a career inmate with 19 of his 37 years spent behind bars. >> turn around. turn around. >> nope. you all use that force on me. >> officers in several california prisons have gotten plenty of opportunities to document his bad behavior on videotape. while most inmates try to deal with prison life the best they can, hymes has fought the system all the way. >> ha, ha, ha. going to be like starting a whole new life. i can go anywhere. i can get a passport. i can do anything, you know, if i want to. i'm not under supervision of law enforcement at all times like i have been. so basically i can do anything i want to. >> although hymes has reached the end of his sentence, the stakes are higher than ever. >> hymes has two strikes against
pretty unbelievable. it's hard for a lot of people to understand where they are coming from, but if this is all you know, you know, there's a level of progression in here, too, i guess. like in the streets, you get a promotion doing good and here you get a promotion doing bad. so it's sad. but it's reality. coming up on "lockup," prison time is ending for scanvinski hymes. >> i'm a free black man in america. let me live. >> and t.j.'s is just beginning. >> you have what i consider a violent felony background. i doubt very sincerely anybody would put you on probation with your record. wish we got money back on gym memberships. get money back hilarious. with claim-free rewards. switching to allstate is worth it. fthere's flonase sensimist.f up around pets. it relieves all your worst symptoms
it's a 50/50 shot. some make it. some don't. the ones that don't make it, they come right back. the ones that do, that's good. they'll be all right. they'll make it eventually. they'll get tired of doing this, get too old. he even said himself, yeah, i'm tired of coming to prison. okay. we'll see. >> want to climb up? you want to climb up? i didn't think so. we are in vallejo city park. it's nice, sunny day, just taking my goddaughter and her sister to the park and watch them play. much better than me sitting in prison. know what i mean? can't even compare it. >> after spending 19 of his 37 years behind bars, due mostly to violent crimes inside prison walls, scanvinski hymes is finally a free man. >> i really appreciate the ability to just walk out the door and walk down the street to the store. the little things that i do out
my worst fear is that this issue could drag on and on until they actually do get my file. because there's no telling how long it's going to take for sacramento to actually send my original file here. i'm becoming irritated because it's like a domino effect. it's just getting worse and worse and worse and nothing is being done to correct the problem. and the problem is so minor and it's so simple that, i mean, i could simply get a correctional officer to come and say oh, yeah. i walked him to r & r the day he paroled. i know he paroled from my unit. but they won't go by that. coming up on "lockup" -- scanvinski hymes is on the streets. >> people don't realize i'm really more mellow out here. there you go. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you're welcome, honey.
>> ow, ow, ow, ow. >> [ bleep ] >> hold it. hold it. >> come on, [ bleep ] >> come on, [ bleep ] >> i can do this 24/7. >> hymes is back, right now, on a parole violation. he's been violated on parole numerous times. with him, i think it's entertainment. it's a game. he is a master at pushing people's buttons. he knows what reactions he wants to get and he's very, very good at doing it. >> with scanvinski hymes reaching the end of his sentence in just a few days, he will have to find ways to entertain himself in the outside world.