i was taking insulin twice a day. i couldn t even walk half a block without almost having a heart attack. but in the year and a half he has been here, phillips has reduced his weight by almost 1/3. i was 437 when i came in. i am now 265 pounds. phillips has had several prior convictions for burglary and theft. these are some of the previous photos of mr. phillips that we have. 2001, 2003. from 200 pounds to morbid obesity, his mug shots tell the story of his exponential weight gain. my self-esteem out there in the free had plummeted. i d stopped giving a care about everything. i was drinking anywhere from a bottle to a bottle and a half of jack a day. i started eating and eating as a comfort. but there was one person at the jail that would have a profound effect on phillip s life. hop up here and see where you
bread. forgive us our trespasses. when he first arrived here, sean phillips weighed 437 pounds and says he was slowly killing himself with food. after medical staff put him on a diet and exercise program, he says he lost 175 pounds. but phillips still carries a heavy weight. he is awaiting trial for murder. he is accused of seeking vigilante justice against a man he believes sexually assaulted a close relative, a young girl. phillips admit he and three accomplices drove the man to a remote wilderness area and began beating him. i m not going to mince words. i beat the crap out of the guy. i am not going to lie about it. we beat him up in the field. i said don t come back ever again. phillips says one of the accomplices took it upon himself to stab the victim. the dude that was with me did it. he stabbed him.
you can keep on hustling but i m going to follow my dreams don t you went to live a careful life it s up to you so do your thing yeah [ applause ] a whole different perspective on life. not all about what you are doing in the hood or growing up around. there is more to life than what you see. so, there is a whole different terrain, you can widen up to. all up to you to choose the path. that s what the whole song was about. some of the chosen paths of 39,500 men and women incarcerated in bexar county have led to heartache. others have sought more productive paths inside the jail. give us this day our daily bread. when he first arrived here, sean phillips weighed 437 pound
excellent. have a seat up on the bench. he told me that he saw something better in me. howard hubert is a board certified physicians assistant. sean phillips is one of my favorite cases to talk about. sean came through the door weighing 437 pound. i said do you went to get the diabetes and blood pressure under control? he said of course. i said here it the plan. i m going to put you on an 1,800 calorie a day, taper your diabetes meds blood pressure meds. i said if you exercise a lot. he was consuming, 5,000, 6,000, 7,000 calories a day. here in the jail we can control diet a whole lot. i m on diet tray. i don t get as much of a portion as everybody else does. they steam a lot of my stuff. sometimes they steam them to death. you get steamed vegetables and
have in every unit in the jail. some body it trying to hang themselves or something. we get in there with it and just cut them loose. try not to let people die in this place. still, some inmates will always view suicide as the only way out. but sean phillips believes that his incarceration at bexar county jail might have been the one thing that actually saved his life. i wu literally, when i came in here, pretty much knocking at death s door. phillips is currently awaiting trial on a murder charge to which he has pled not guilty. when he was first booked into the jail, the 5 10 inmate weighed 437 pounds. i was type 2 diabetic. i was taking insulin twice a day. i couldn t even walk half a block without almost having a heart attack.