stokes in jail as well. he violated his probation on a drug possession conviction, and now is only two days away from his release. in the meantime, he holds a job delivering meals and clothing to other inmates. we re going to be doing that shortly here. we get to go pick up all the clothing, and every one of these guys comes down, and we hand it back and forth through that slot. so at no time do we get actual personal contact with these guys. some of them are looking upward to 10, 15 years each for the most random thing, you know, and knowing that i m getting out in two days doesn t make me the most popular guy. stokes has mixed feelings about his upcoming release. well, it s, oddly enough, a little intimidating. when i was taken into custody, i had just checked into a motel room. 20 minutes later i walked out to my car to go get a cell phone charger, and there was a gun pressed against my head. they said, get down on the ground. my probation violation had popped up on the grid,
whatever he was doing at the prison. i need to take this guy out. or if that s the persona he was trying to project. i don t care if you like me or dislike me. i didn t come here for friends. during our time at the prison, things began to heat up for ronnie. he was caught with a cell phone charger and later voluntarily turned in a cell phone. prison officials nearly canceled the wedding, but agreed to let it move forward with one major restriction. it would have to be a noncontact ceremony, meaning bride and groom would be separated by a thick pane of glass. a not so minor detail for jodie. so there is like no kissing the bride? when the day comes we will see. for jodie hearing that she would have a noncontact wedding, it was like the sky had fallen. she was crying. she was upset that she wouldn t be able to, you know, hold him. this was her day in the sun, and
and those visits might become even more restricted. since tye was recently caught with a cell phone charger, prison officials might decide to put him on non-contact visitation status or suspend it all together. hi, baby. they could also decide to cancel his upcoming prison wedding. i love you. i love you. you doing okay? i don t know if i can keep my visits. don t even go there. i m serious. no. i told him we wanted to get married october 7th. really? yes. that works. october 7th. we re going to push for it. but we don t know. you don t make the date here. they make it for you basically. while visitation helps some inmates connect with loved ones, a others seek new relationships through personal ads. such was the case with michael hollon. who formed a pen pal relationship with another man.
ronnie tye. since being caught with a cell phone charger, prison officials have suspended his contact visits. and now they ve just handed down a ruling on his request to be married at the prison. they denied getting married at this time due to conduct history. how can they deny me? it s just what they did. all i m doing is just relaying the message. i don t know the reason. he wrote down here that safety and security of the facility. i got caught with a charger. i was told that you had a lot of reports. close to 70 last year? hell, no. i ain t had that many. no, i m just asking. whoever told you that is a lying son of [ bleep ]. they better look at my packet again. i haven t had nothing but two or three write-ups since i ve been here. if the chaplain approved it, who is he to deny it? it s the superintendent. yeah, but is that constitutional? he s administration. are you saying the constitution ain t no good in here? no.
this is her second week working on prison grounds. my husband, you know, was kind of skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something that i really want to do. i ve always had a passion for law enforcement. that s just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. they thought, okay, mommy is going to be a cop. that s cool for them. i don t think they really understand everything that s going on. you have to remember to stay firm, fair and consistent. you can t really treat anybody any different. they re all human. they re all men. you have to remember that. hey, this is lieutenant meehan. can you send offender tye, t-y-e up to custody hall? i need to speak with him. it s been a bad week for ronnie tye. since being caught with a cell phone charger, prison officials have suspended his contact visits.