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>> 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 [ 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 free to...

That up on your records, what all transpired -- >> 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 al...

Hand in and pet it. that's pretty much it. >> for some inmates at isp, cats are the closest things they have to 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 father, recently stuck up for another...

A major crackdown on contraband, specifically cell phones, has left some indiana state prison inmates in a precarious position. for others, the future looks considerably brighter. after 26 years in prison, today is paul komyatti's last day at indiana state. authorities have approved his transfer to a minimum security facility with a work release program in nearby south bend. >> he's going to be going through a nine-month process of getting a job, of getting his driver's license and getting a car, trying to orient him back into society, slowly. >> it's behind me now. a lot of friends there. but...

>> i put a bolt in there. i ain't going to lie. you see it on everything. i've got lightning bolts on my cub. on the lid of my cup. it's a white thing. this is a bad-ass picture. i put a lot of time into that picture. i really liked it. he didn't. >> verlander's latest fight comes while he is still waiting to meet with the disciplinary board, who will most likely sanction him for his earlier fight with inmate dimitric gonzales. >> i love jail. i don't know who wouldn't. >> one inmate who clearly does not like jail is jerry sanchez. after four davis of being awol from the jail's work release pr...