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Everybody's got their own little way of getting tension and aggravation -- this is your stress release right here. >> hill has spent most of the past 35 years in prison. besides a few releases on parole, he's had a couple of others of his own making. not long after his conviction for burglary and assault, he was participating in a work release program and escaped. >> i'm working outside. i met a girl. you know? you get to thinking with the wrong head, not thinking like you should. remember, now, you've got a young kid whose never had serious contact like that. she says i love you. i don't want...

High. people come by and stick their hand in and pet it. that's pretty much it. >> for some inmates at isp, cats are the closest things they have families. paul komyatti hasn't seen his family since he first came to prison 26 years ago. he's soon to be transferred to a work release program, a transitional step to freedom. but there's a snag. >> let's go over to the office and we'll sit down and talk about the status of what's going on. >> anything bad or -- >> no, no, nothing bad. nothing great either. we'll talk about the status real quick. >> all right. >> komyatti, who helped murder his fat...

>> in the context that it was said, you know, i'm not going to -- i'm not stupid enough to threaten anybody or anything like that. >> right. but the thing was, watch what you say. work on your case or your stuff instead of you worrying about other people. let's channel your energy with you. >> i was still in high school -- in my senior year of high school when i got locked up. i was 17 then. i didn't have any gray hair then. i'm 43 now. i've spent all my adult life in prison. i've never paid a bill out there. a lot of things i've never done at all. >> you should try to better yourself and get ...

>> diontray, you've got to tell me how you're feeling right now. >> i'm feeling good -- good to be free. you know, get to go home, see my kids, get some money, you know, make love. yes! yeah, i mean, it's hot as a mother[bleep] out here. you can tell i got locked up in the wintertime. >> brian voltz is spending more time outdoors, as well, now that he's qualified for the jail's work-release program. >> i'm back to the streets. i got my swag back. i mean, it just makes you feel less captive, less like an animal. you know what i'm saying? >> voltz still spends his nights incarcerated, but is fre...

>> now at age 33, voltz says he would like to begin a new chapter. he will soon be eligible for a work release program where he'll spend his nights in jail but can spend days in preapproved locations, such as the louisville tattoo studio he owns with a friend. >> whatever i do, i'm going to have to do it on my own. or with my group. because i ain't going to be able to be accepted in the professional world. >> yeah, that's a question i have for you. >> job search? sucks. >> tell me about that. >> my job search is usually a waste of time filling out the application. coming up -- >> how did you...