(tense music)
- [Producer] All right.
(tense music)
- Pat your head.
- [Interviewer] So are you ready?
- [Producer] All right, I think we're good.
(tense music)
- He's going to be living there.
It's going to be a lot of personal
and private situations going on.
(cell door slams)
(prison buzzer blares)
- [Inmate] I have a fairly extensive rap sheet.
- [Inmate] Second degree burglary, trespass, and theft.
- [Jim] When he gets out, he said he needs a place to stay
and he doesn't have another option.
- [David] Lots of people coming out of prison need housing
and I'm doing this because I wanna change the system.
- [Hostess] I'm hoping Jennifer can help me out
around the house and be a good companion for me.
- [Hostess] He's going to be moving in with me
because I need the money.
- I don't think anybody wanted to take him in at this point.
- Somebody has to take the risk, and we'll take the risk.
(tense music)
- Free man. - Here we go.
- It's nice to see you.
- Nice to see you. Nice to meet you too.
(tense music)
- (gasps) Oh my god!
- I'm free. (both laugh)
- This will be your room.
- I like it.
- Nice to meet ya. - (laughs) Welcome home.
- Appreciate it, thank you.
- I don't actually know.
- We don't know what's going on.
- They did say that they found some needles
and some white powder.
- I'm just hoping that it's gonna work out.
But you never know what somebody's gonna do.
I'm sorry, you're gonna have to go though,
and hopefully you'll want better for yourself after this.
I am at the end of my rope with you.
- That's not gonna happen.
- Oh, you're bugging.
- Well, I don't have to argue about it anymore.
Bye-Bye. Bye-Bye, bitch.
(door slams)
- I have never cried so much before.
- Come back here again, I'll beat your (bleep) ass.
- Let me know when you wanna move on with this interview.
- Get your things and leave.
Police are on their way.
He thinks he can do anything
and that's not how it's gonna go.
(sirens blare)
(cell door slamming)
(tense music)
- [Vada] Analisa.
- What?
- We got guests coming. What you in there doing?
- Puttin' on my makeup.
- All right. The fire's burning.
- I'm ready.
- 'Bout time.
- I'm Analisa and I'm 52.
- I'm Vada and I'm 58.
Analisa and I met at a foster care training.
- No, we didn't.
- We didn't? - No.
I was introduced to Vada through a mutual friend of ours.
- And that was 2000 and what, 2002?
- No. - When was that?
- 1999.
- Oh, my bad.
And we are bringing an inmate straight outta prison
into our home.
Are you ready?
- Yes, I'm ready.
(tense music)
- Mark has an uncle named Peewee that we love.
And Peewee had a conversation with Vada some time ago
before he passed.
He asked Vada, "If anything ever happened to me,
will you please take care of my family?"
And we wanna honor that request.
So that's why I'm allowing a prisoner
to come stay in my house.
Deahja.
- What?
- Hi. How are you?
- Annoyed.
- Deahja's my daughter from a previous relationship.
Vada and I have been together since she was what,
six years old.
- Yeah.
Are you excited to go get this young man?
- No. No, I'm not.
What's his name? - His name is Mark.
- I have a lot of concerns. - Why?
- Because who's to know that he's a re-offender?
- Well...
- Well, that's the risk that we take.
- She's gonna be the bad cop.
- I'm really not the one to play with.
If Mark wants to try me, you guys will see who Analisa is.
Am I lying?
- Yeah, you a pretty dangerous person.
- Hey, hey, hey everybody. Hey.
- One of my good friends, Rose is gonna be here,
and DJ, who's my godson.
And we're gonna talk about Mark's arrival.
- Man, I still think it's kinda odd
y'all letting some random prisoner in your house.
What's his charges?
- Robbery.
- That's great. That's great, Miss Analisa.
You just inviting criminals in.
- My goal is to try to help him
try not to commit those crimes again.
- My family is everything
and when it comes to my family, I don't play.
And I don't want him bringing his past to the house.
- I mean, I know he needs help. - Yeah.
- Granted, everybody need help, right?
- Yeah.
Hello? Mark, how are you doing?
- Are you ready to get out?
- You wanna talk to Vada? Here's Vada.
- How you doing, sir?
- I'm looking forward to seeing you
and I'm looking forward to you being here as well.
- Deahja, do you have something you wanna ask-
- I do. Can I get the phone please?
- Can you just ask him, please?
- Oh, here comes somebody else who wanna talk to you.
(tense music)
- Hi, Mark.
- This is Deahja. How are you?
- I'm doing well.
- Honestly, I don't know you.
- I'm 5'9". How tall are you?
(laughing)
- [Analisa] There's no plugs and hookups over here.
- Mark flirting with me,
it kinda caught me off guard, to be honest,
because I wouldn't think that he would just come off rip,
"Hey, how you doing? How tall are you? What's your name?"
So we gonna stop there. - [Analisa] Yeah, you're not-
- In the name of Jesus.
- There you go. - All right.
- It don't seem like it's not unnatural
because, man, he in prison,
and you hear a sweet voice over the phone,
you gonna immediately respond to it.
Me personally, I don't see a problem with it.
- I see a problem with it.
That is something that I'm going to monitor myself.
I'm, mm-hmm.
Hey, Mark.
- Well, I just wanted to let you know
that I'm excited to meet you at the prison.
- Okay. Bye-Bye. (phone beeps)
So, what do you think?
- It's going to be a disaster.
(dramatic music)
(tense music)
(David hums)
(sighs)
- I'm David, I'm 37 years old.
I'm a high school teacher. I teach social studies.
It's, uh, it's Minnesota interesting.
- People are really passive-aggressive in Minnesota
and so if they wanna say something bad,
but they don't wanna say anything bad,
they just say it's interesting.
- Exactly. (laughs)
So, today is the first day of summer,
which means I don't have to teach tomorrow
and I can't wait
because I'm getting ready to bring someone from prison
to live here in my home.
(tense music)
(knocking)
- [Cynthia] David, hi!
- Hey, Cynthia. - [Cynthia] How you doing?
- I'm doing good.
- [Cynthia] Ooh, the place looks so nice.
- Thanks. Hello.
- Hi. - How's it going?
- Hi, honey. - Hey.
Most of my immediate family is still in Ann Arbor, Michigan
where I grew up,
so Cynthia's like a Minneapolis mom to me.
- [Cynthia] Your tomatoes look awesome.
- I met Cynthia eight years ago.
She was my mentor teacher my first year teaching.
Do you remember how I told you someone might be staying here?
- Yes, yes.
- Yeah, so, it's gonna happen, actually.
- Uh-huh.
- You know, I've been working with people in prison
a long time.
In this case, Aaron, I've been talking to him
for a couple years now, and he gets out tomorrow,
and yeah, I mean, the number one thing
for people coming outta prison is housing.
Like, it's just-- - Right.
- It's impossible.
I'm doing this because I wanna change the system.
Lots of people coming out of prison need housing.
I'm excited to see if this is a way that I can contribute
in that way on a regular basis.
- What were his original charges?
- Well, actually, it's funny,
I don't really know that much about Aaron.
- [Cynthia] Huh, right.
- He's like a voice on the phone.
He seems like a caring person. You know what I mean?
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- I know his... I don't actually know. (laughs)
I don't actually know.
- I love you, David. (David laughs)
I don't know what his charges are.
I don't know, you know--
- I think it was meth.
- Okay, that's messed up,
because that's so available right here.
There's always a fear with David
that he's bitten off more than he can chew,
because he's incredibly idealistic.
This is kinda like, this feels kinda loosey goosey,
you know?
Is there like, some kind of backup plan, you know?
- Hopefully. (laughs) - Yeah, right.
You know, David's idealism is a superpower,
but it could backfire on him
in a kind of rather dramatic fashion.
Especially if you're talking about meth,
then you're talking about a violent subculture
that could come into his home.
For me, that's the worst thing that I see.
But I want you to keep your eyes open.
- Yeah.
We'll have to cross roads when we come to 'em, you know?
- Right.
- Best outcome with Aaron is that he comes out
and gets on his dream horse
and figures out where he wants to go and we become friends.
Worst case, doesn't work well, we have to figure out
how to get out of a bad situation.
We'll see what happens.
(tense music)
- [Jim] Amen. - [Group] Amen.
(group applauds)
- Yes.
Anybody else being blessed tonight?
(group cheers)
Anybody else in here feeling a little something special
from the Lord? (group cheers)
Oh, Lord, I've got God bumps going down my arms right now.
- Amen. - Praise God.
(fire crackles) (tense music)
- My name's Jim. I'm 54 years old and I'm a pastor.
- My name is Marisol and I'm 47 years old
and I'm also a pastor.
- When we met, this chick right here
would watch these encouragement videos
that I would do every morning, but she'd never say anything.
"Great job," or "Keep up the good work." Nothing.
All she would do is get on there and stalk me.
(Marisol laughs)
And I fell in love with her.
- Huh? - Better be.
(Marisol laughs)
Seven and a half years ago, I was hating God,
and now look what he's doing.
I can't do nothing but just say, I'm a straight Jesus freak.
Marisol and I are the founders
of Rock House Ministries and programs.
We have an incredible recovery program here.
Our ministry is designed to be able to help any person
that wants a clean and sober life.
We know that lives are being changed.
(group applauds)
Our ministry accepts people off the streets.
Our ministry accepts people that just give us a call
and say they need some help.
And that's how we met Mickey.
When we messaged back and forth,
he said he needed a place to stay
and he doesn't have another option.
So we're not just accepting someone into our ministry,
we're accepting someone straight outta jail into our home.
- For the first time.
- For the very first time.
- [Operator] This call is from a correction facility
and is subject to monitoring and recording.
(tense music)
- I have accepted an individual into this program.
His name is Mickey. - [Group] Amen.
- Okay? But I'm doing something different.
This gentleman is moving directly into
mine and Mari's house.
(group murmurs)
The reason for it is,
we're hopeful that the atmosphere of family
is gonna make a big difference in his life.
- [Attendee] Yes.
- How long has he been behind bars?
- Off and on for over nine years.
- I still feel a little nervous.
I feel like I'm gonna have to watch my back
just because I can't trust him, 'cause I don't know him.
- To be honest with you,
I don't know a whole lot about Mickey.
I've spoke to him via messaging just a couple of times.
But I believe that it's all gonna work out for the good.
- It sounds great, but I don't think you're taking it
serious enough.
This guy's gonna be in your personal home,
doing God knows what.
- You're right. You're absolutely right.
But, I'm gonna make it perfectly clear,
just because I might wear a pastor badge
doesn't mean I'm weak. (group applauds)
- I was completely surprised to hear that Pastor Jim
was bringing Mickey into his home.
Jim is a big guy, but that does not mean anything.
There's times when people are gonna be vulnerable.
- For a woman to have another man come into their home,
yeah, that's gonna raise some concerns.
- Yes. It gets me a little nervous.
- Give me the Lord!
So we're putting everything on the line right here
because we believe in what we're doing.
(Marisol speaks in tongues)
We're fire in the name of Jesus. - Raise your hands up.
- We're fire in the name of Jesus!
Father God, give him the mind of Christ
and a pure, holy heart, in the name of Jesus.
- Get a cover for him. - [Marisol] Get a cover.
Ooh, hallelujah, hallelujah. - [Jim] Yes.
(group applauds) Good job.
- [Marisol] Thank you, Jesus.
(tense music)
- [Vada] You almost ready, Analisa?
- [Analisa] Yes, I am.
- We're going to get Mark from prison.
I'm really excited about it.
- I'm not.
- Today, we're gonna drive four hours
to a hotel near the prison.
And tomorrow morning, we're gonna wait for Mark
outside of the prison until he gets out.
He gets pies, candy, chips, peanuts,
all this stuff. - Want him to be welcome,
welcomed here.
- [Vada] Might think he in a five hotel star.
- The idea of Mark coming out of prison
and moving into my parents' home is a little unsettling.
But I have my parents' back,
so I will be driving them to this prison.
- From my understanding,
Mark doesn't have anyone else to stay with.
And his uncle was a very good friend of ours,
and he asked us to take care of his family
before he passed away.
So this is the reason why we're assisting Mark.
- [Deahja] All right, here we go.
- [Vada] I've never picked up anybody from prison before.
- Mom, you've talked to him more than anybody.
How do you feel about this person?
Do you feel like you have grown a connection with him?
- I'm gonna be honest. I don't know what to expect at all.
I'm just going to take this day by day.
- Yeah, and that's all we can do.
- [Deahja] I think Mark might be a handful.
You like this man coming up in your house,
flirting with your daughter?
So, I already feel some type of way about this.
I don't know his real intentions.
You can say whatever it is that you wanna say over the phone
to appear innocent.
But actions speak louder than words.
He's going to be living there.
It's going to be a lotta personal and private
situations going on.
So, if anything becomes inappropriate, I'm out.
- No, let, let me know.
- Deahja, I wish you were a little more supportive.
- [Deahja] I don't know much stress this person's
about to put on you. - [Analisa] I'm just tired
of keep pounding in all the negative and all-
- [Deahja] It's not that I'm pounding in all the negative.
- Stop doing that.
- I'm not pounding in all the negative.
- I am saying.
I don't wanna think that way.
- [Deahja] Obviously, it's getting overwhelming
because you're also thinking about it too.
- No, I'm not, I'm not thinking that way.
I'm tired of people trying to tell me to think that way.
I'm tired of talking about it. That's it.
(tense music)
(birds chirping)
- All right.
(bees buzzing)
Beautiful.
- I'm Daniel. - I'm Cathy.
- We're from Gainesville, Texas.
- I love beekeeping.
Bees all have a job to do,
and you know, if people do what they're supposed to do,
it's amazing how much better life goes.
All right guys, you're going back in.
And most people do not know
that we're getting ready to move an inmate
coming straight outta prison, into our home.
(tense music)
- He is a young man coming outta prison.
He went in young and he's been told what to do
all these years.
He's gonna have to grow up and be responsible,
and if he doesn't know, he needs to ask.
- And I don't know him yet.
I believe Deven's in prison for a burglary.
And that's about the best I know about him.
- I don't think anybody wanted to take him in at this point.
I think maybe he's burned a lot of bridges, I don't know.
These two friends of ours
approached us about their grandson, Deven.
Apparently in the past, he's gone and stayed at their house
when he was needing a place to parole to,
and it didn't work out.
I don't really know why,
but now I think they're just worried
that they will end up enabling him more than supporting him
and helping him.
So, they were looking for someone
to take him into their home
when he was released from prison.
- Yeah. If he messes up, that's it.
- I think it's a very good idea that,
if you're trying to change your life, move outta your area,
that everybody knows you and your friends.
You don't have no, you start over.
And I got my medication, two sets of under clothes.
- Okay. Are you sure you're ready for this?
- I'm not sure of anything, honey.
(Cathy laughs)
We're just gonna play it one day at a time.
- Okay. - That's all we can do.
(tense music)
- I'm just really concerned about your health,
'cause this is a long trip, so,
if Deven has a bunch of heavy suitcases,
don't be picking them up.
- I think I'll be okay.
I do have health issues.
I've had quadruple bypass, I've had brain surgery,
and I've had congestive heart failure.
And, it may wear me down, but I'll be okay.
I truly believe it.
(phone jingles) - Oh, there he is.
- [Operator] This call may be monitored or recorded.
- [Operator] An inmate at Colorado Correctional Facility.
- Hi Deven, this is Cathy. - This is Daniel.
- Oh man, I'm pretty excited.
(Daniel laughs)
- Have you ever like, gone and stayed with somebody before,
trying to get okay?
- Well, I'm glad you were honest about that.
- Yeah, I'll help you in any way, shape I can,
as long as you're taking care of
what you're supposed to be taking care of.
He needs to find a program, that I can tell you
by personal experience.
- Daniel and I met drunk in a bar.
We should not have ever been together. (laughs)
Very definitely, big no-no. (laughs)
- When I met her, everything I did revolved around alcohol.
I did methamphetamines, I did coke.
But then my brother helped me get off of the drugs,
and ended up finding Alcoholics Anonymous,
and October 18th of 1989, that's when I stopped drinking.
If you decide to go back to your old way of living,
then you lose everything,
including the place to live, that fast.
- All right brother, you have a good night.
- [Daniel] Bye.
- Yeah, we've never done anything like this before,
so I don't know what to expect.
(tense music)
- Today's the day Aaron comes home from prison.
I know Aaron, but not much.
I think I am ready to share my space with someone
I don't know that well,
because I've lived with dozens of people in my life,
but not someone from prison.
For me, helping other people is not something
you believe or don't believe in.
It's just a question of whether you do it or not.
I'm excited for him to get out.
He said he should be able to get out by about 7:30.
And yeah, there's the prison right there.
There's the guards right there.
(chuckles)
I think this is where we're supposed to be.
(tense music)
There's tens of thousands of people who are incarcerated
and getting your feet on the ground is hard.
And Aaron's at the end of one journey and onto the next one
and I'm part of that plan.
(tense music)
(groans) Can't wait for him to get outta here.
This feels kind of lonely.
(tense music)
- Today is the day Aaron comes home from prison
and he'll be moving in with me.
I'm excited more than I'm nervous at this point.
Like, I really wanna meet this person
that I've just talked to on the phone.
(suspenseful music)
Okay.
- Whoo. Smells like freedom.
- What's up? (laughing) - What's up? How we doing?
Man, nice to meet you.
- Great to meet you, Aaron. - Man.
- (laughs) Welcome home.
- Thank you. Feels great.
- Yeah. - Feels great.
I thought they weren't ever gonna let me out.
- Well, me neither.
- For real. Let me grab my stuff outta here.
- Yeah, let's do it.
- Looking back at the prison
from the other side of the fence is a good feeling
and I'm feeling great, I feel at peace.
Whew. I'm never going back there again.
The man with the voice, you know what I mean?
- (laughs) Same.
- I've been talking to you for like, two years.
Excited to finally meet you, you know what I'm saying, so.
- Yeah, you too. - Yeah.
- And you look different from your picture,
so you know, you look good. - Yeah.
- He's definitely taller than I expected.
His face looks different from his mugshot.
And it was like, oh, this is who I'm talking to.
So you made it, (bleep).
- I wanna be outta here.
I've been here two and a half years
and there's some bacon calling my name
somewhere off yonder, so.
- I'ma go get the car. - Okay, yeah, grab it.
(Aaron sighs)
David is a little goofy.
He's very animated and very energetic.
He's a little pepper to my,
a little salt to my pepper, I guess, you know.
We'll see. I have no idea what he does for a living.
Every time we talked on the phone,
I didn't tell him anything about my personal life.
He's a straight stranger to me.
We'll see. (chuckles)
Getting outta here. Long time coming.
- [David] You're definitely taller than I expected.
(laughing)
(tense music)
- Hey, babe? - Yeah?
- Is it these black ones?
- Yeah, we got some black ones and gray ones there,
whichever ones you want.
You want me to help you make the bed?
You're gonna use that one?
That's kinda glittery. Okay, well, all right.
- He gonna get a sparkle outta life, I guess, right?
- [Marisol] All right.
- I'll be able to know if he's real and legit
when we go face to face.
Mickey gets outta jail tomorrow.
We've been talking back and forth
through the messaging system in the jail,
but today, we get to talk to him on video chat
for the first time.
- Wait- - Oh, there it goes.
- [Marisol] There it goes.
- Mickey?
He can't see me.
- He can't see you at all? Wave at him.
- No. Can you see me?
Can you, this thing on? Hello?
I can go to my phone.
- [Marisol] You see him pacing back and forth?
- [Jim] Yeah.
- You can tell he's a little aggravated.
We could see him but he could not see us.
And there was a moment there
that he was pacing back and forth.
Like, he got aggravated. He was like, mad.
That right there, that's some kind of behavior
when somebody is on something
and they can't get something right away,
that's one of the things that they do.
My question is, is he clean?
Oh, there we go.
- What's going on, man?
- [Jim] Yes.
- Good to finally meet you too, yeah.
- [Marisol] Yeah, it's--
- [Jim] All right, we can move on the front porch, come on.
- [Jim] Yes. Give us a second. - [Marisol] Whoo, it's windy.
- So, tomorrow.
- What do you think about it? You--
- What's going on with Hamilton County?
- That means that you was on the run?
- So Mickey has these additional charges,
which was news to us.
It's evading and alluding.
How long was you on the run?
(tense music)
- So if you mess up, you go to prison for how long?
- [Marisol] 21 years. - [Jim] Whoo!
- [Marisol] That's a long time.
- You got a history of running, bro.
You're not gonna run this time, are ya?
- We'll see you tomorrow.
(phone beeps)
- [Marisol] We learned new information about Mickey.
- [Jim] Yep.
- [Marisol] There's charges that he didn't tell us about.
- So now, our radar's up much more.
I'm not gonna allow somebody to just come in here
and be deceptive when we're trying to help 'em.
- Yeah.
Wow.
(tense music)
- Thank you. Be safe.
I am a little bit nervous pulling into Karisa's house,
because I don't know her,
but I'll have a lot of questions for Karisa
so that we can get to know each other.
She can probably tell me a little bit about Deven
and we can go from there.
(doorbell rings)
Karisa.
- Hi. How are you? - Hi, I'm Daniel. How you doing?
- Good, how are you?
It's nice to meet you, put a face to the name.
Go ahead. You can just come in, make yourself at home.
- I appreciate it, appreciate it so much.
- I really appreciate that Daniel is here to help Deven.
But my biggest concern is just that Daniel's older
and Deven's young, real young.
- Yeah, and I kinda came down here, basically
for your grandpa.
You know, we talked and Deven needed a place to--
- Stay. - Go and...
- Yeah.
- The last time Deven stayed at Karisa's, he used.
And that's the reason why he can't stay at her house,
because she has small children
and she is not going to submit her children
into something like that.
- I feel like, for an addict,
like maintenance is the biggest thing.
You will spend the rest of your life maintenancing it.
- I've been sober 33 years and I still work on myself.
The journey that Deven is getting ready to take,
it's difficult, and certain things like, if he does drugs,
he's out, that fast.
I have four basic rules for Deven coming into my house.
One is no lying.
No overnight guests, no pornography,
and the big one is no drugs and alcohol.
That's like, the huge one.
If he breaks that one, it can land him back in prison.
Can I take a look at his vehicle,
make sure there's not any paraphernalia somewhere hidden?
- We can definitely go check it out.
- I appreciate it.
Deven will be coming out of prison tomorrow
and we will be driving Deven's car back to Texas.
- [Karisa] Let's check it out.
- If I find something in the car,
- [Karisa] License, registration.
- Okay.
- Yeah. (laughs) We don't want that.
- No.
- [Karisa] Check the pockets.
(suspenseful music)
- There's no powder, so I'm happy.
- No powder.
Like, when we picked it up, Deven was a year in prison
and he had, you know, weed pipes and stuff like that in here.
And I guess he used needles for something.
There were some clean needles in the back.
- I know what the needles are for.
I went through every pocket and glove compartment
that I could possibly see.
- [Karisa] Yeah, you better check in there.
- Yeah, nice and clean and organized.
- I went through a few of his crates and a few of his,
and his suitcase, and I'm pretty sure the car's clean.
- Well, you ready to hit the road?
- I am so ready. - Yeah.
I think that there are things that Deven and Daniel
will clash about.
But, as a sister, I would tell Deven,
Cathy and Daniel are your last shot at freedom
and living a normal life.
So, I would tell him not to (bleep) it up.
(tense music)
- Let's focus on getting Mark out of prison
and him coming out in a positive light.
- Yes, let's do that.
I think when I see him then I'll really be excited.
But right now, I'm just meditating.
- I'm not saying that I completely disapprove.
I am here for support as much as possible.
- Well, I wanna let you know
that I appreciate you driving us.
- I appreciate it, now, I'll thank you when we get there.
This is an adventure.
- It's an adventure, huh? - Yes, it is.
- I'm just nervous.
The closer and closer we get to this prison,
my stomach is hurting.
- We're going to get this young man, that's it.
I'm done talking about it, okay?
- Yes, ma'am.
- [Vada] I'm very excited.
For me, it's a challenge to be able to help a young man
that's been in there for seven years.
- This will be the first time that we're gonna meet him
and we're going to see what he's really like.
- Analisa's a real giving person,
but if somebody take advantage of her kindness,
she gonna come out fighting.
I hope that that doesn't happen.
(suspenseful music)
(tense music)
- He's right there.
- All right, let's go.
(tense music)
He walks like he's excited to get out.
(suspenseful music)
- Hi, Mark. (laughs)
- It's nice to see you.
- Nice to see you. Nice to meet you, too.
- Yeah, I'm so excited. Man, this is crazy.
I just, I'm stuck. I don't even know what to say.
I can't believe it, I'm ready to walk.
I don't even need to get in the car.
I ain't going nowhere. I can walk.
Wherever I'm headed to. You feel me? It's good.
It's amazing feeling to be out right now.
The scenery, you know, you don't get to see nothing
but four walls in a yard, you know what I'm saying?
Hi, Mr. Vada, how you doing?
- How's it going for you, young man?
- I'm good.
- All right, all right, all right. You looking good.
- Thank you.
Ah, man, to Analisa and Vada I'm just,
I'm forever grateful.
You know, I appreciate the opportunity just to be able
to stay somewhere and get on my feet.
- You walking like you ready to go.
- Yeah, I'm ready to, you know, make it happen.
- I thought you should've been running down that (bleep).
- Yeah, man. I appreciate the opportunity, again.
- I'm so happy to see Mark.
He's very thankful.
He has shown me nothing but respect so far.
- But I wanna also just thank you as well.
Just again, appreciate everything you've done.
- Mark feel like family because I know his family.
And just seeing him, he don't seem like a stranger.
He seem like somebody I've known for a long time.
- You know Deahja.
- And this is Deahja. - Hey, how you doing?
- Oh, yeah.
- (laughs) I dig it. How you doing?
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.
- Where you live at? Where you from?
What side of town are you from in Seattle?
- I grew up in south Seattle.
- [Vada] South Seattle, like right near beach area?
- [Mark] Yeah.
- [Mark] Oh (bleep), oh (bleep).
- Oh, do I.
What?
- Hey, you! - [Mark] What's up with you?
- Hey, brother. Oh, my goodness.
- [Mark] Bro, what's, what are you doing here?
- Surprise, shawty! - Oh my gosh, man.
- I don't know who these young ladies are.
- It's great to see you guys, man.
I'm just, I've been gone for too long.
- I'm extremely surprised to see these young ladies.
- Fly guy's back, man. I'm back, it's good.
Like, everything's just happening so, so fast.
It just didn't work out that way.
So, it was kind of awkward.
When they pulled it up, it was like, you're late. (laughs)
What the (bleep)? Whoa, this is crazy.
I'm still shell shocked, bro.
- He's acting like he's surprised,
but I don't believe that.
So, I do feel played.
I feel like he hasn't been honest
and this is not a good way to start with me.
I don't know if he's coming home with me,
if he's going with those ladies,
I don't know what's going on.
I'm not trusting him.
I can already see that he's a slickster.
- We're here to pick up Mickey. What's he been in jail for?
- Evading arrest, driving on revoked,
aggravated assault on a first responder,
and evading arrest again.
- He didn't say anything about any of that.
- Now we know that he also has a charge for violence.
- He's been in our jail like, seven times.
- Seven times?
- This is my home. So what I say goes.
I understand he's been in prison for seven years,
but it's just the consideration
when someone brings you in their home.
You got me all the way (bleep) up.
Why is it taking him so long to come outta the door?
Man, open the door. - [Mark] Watch out!
What the (bleep)? Watch out.
- You have to go. You gotta go. - Watch out, watch out.
- I need help with a lot of things around the house.
That's why I'm getting ready to bring a roommate
in from prison.
Hi!
- Cindy doesn't understand the whole drug world.
'Cause like, what if it is like, an overdose?
- Oof. - Yeah, oof.
- These are files from people in prison.
- Oh my gosh.
- I'm trying to change the criminal justice system
to help more people who are incarcerated come home.
- He lives, eats, sleeps, breathes and (bleep) this stuff.
- I was wondering about,
if we might wanna interview someone else to move in?
- (bleep) no, not yet.
You know, if you get the wrong (bleep) in here,
that definitely changes things.
- There're certain things that I assumed about Aaron
that are not who he is.
- [Daniel] How are you doing, sir?
- Doing good. How are you? - Good. I'm Daniel.
- You can stay here. We're not gonna charge you rent.
- No alcohol or drugs. - Yeah.
- 'Cause I know if you use, you don't stand a chance.
So many people went out on a limb for him again
and he just let 'em down, again.
- You turned your back on us!
What did you want us to go out and help you get the drugs?
(dramatic music)
- Today is a big day. Jason's getting released from prison.
I haven't met Jason yet.
- Good to meet you. - You too.
I'm expecting Jason to help with my house payment.
I don't know who these people are.
I don't even know you.
I mean it, get her outta here.
I don't know his friends and I don't want them here.
I don't feel safe.
You just think you can walk all over me all the time
and do whatever you want? - I don't walk all over you.
- I don't know if I made the right choice.
- [Jason] What are you coming over here for?
- You know what I'm (bleep) here for.
- The (bleep)? - You really wanna go, huh?
- [Hostess] Oh my god.
Dude, get outta here. - Come on, man, (bleep).
- [Hostess] Jason!
(cell door slamming)