i wasn t out a month and caught my charges. i lived my whole life as a criminal. most people, they fight with that every day. they say i m going to get out, i m going to do this. i m going to get out and do that. they can t come to grips with themselves and realize what they have become is this. this is what they breathe, they eat, they feel. just because they go home, don t mean they leave. their mind is still here. today dikes is being transferred to another state prison and has no regrets. what s your number? 375382. what s your birthday? 1/21/77. i m packed up and ready to go. ready to get out of here? yeah. why is that? this place sucks. exit. you don t try to better yourself while you re here, then you re stuck. you don t learn nothing from coming to prison unless you put your feet in the concrete and go
to work. that s all i know. i mean, this is what i know. my fate s real, you know. if i get out this time, god only knows what will happen. i ll more than likely be back. because brushy mountain is an intake and processing center for tennessee s prison system, dikes, like most of the inmates, eventually transfers to other facilities. i was 18 years old some, like brian lautenslager, are part of a permanent population slated to serve their entire sentences at brushy. i ve been in prison all together 18 years. i come in when i was 18, got out at 24, came back at 25, now i m 36. going on 37. lautenslager is serving a 90-year sentence for robbery and criminal intent to commit murder. this is a song i wrote a few years ago. every year i change the amount
criminal. most people, they fight with that every day. they say i m going to get out, i m going to do this. i m going to get out and do that. they can t come to grips with themselves and realize what they have become is this. this is what they breathe, they eat, they feel. just because they go home, don t mean they leave. their mind is still here. today dikes is being transferred to another state prison and has no regrets. what s your number? 375382. what s your birthday? 1/21/77. told me i was leaving. i m packed up and ready to go. ready to get out of here? yeah. why is that? this place sucks. exit. you don t try to better yourself while you re here, then you re stuck. you don t learn nothing from coming to prison unless you put your feet in the concrete and go to work. that s all i know.
doesn t just cost money, people s very lively hoods are also on the line. in 2012, the river reached historic lows. as much as 20 feet below normal. the dikes, they re all out of water. you can see the flattest part of it. we normally can run literally on top of the flat part of that rock. it s a very unusual sight. go you don t normally see. off to the right here there s a barge that s lifted over. to our left, or our port side, is a wreck. first time i ve seen it. there are several other. they were known hazards but this is the first time we ve seen them. we re passing a business right now where you can see the dock barge is listed over due to the shallow water. outside of our barge is three foot lower than the inside of our barge, which is setting on the sloping bank.
your feet in the concrete and go to work. that s all i know. i mean, this is what i know. my fate s real, you know. if i get out this time, god only knows what will happen. i ll more than likely be back. because brushy mountain is an intake and processing center for tennessee s prison system, dikes, like most of the inmates, eventually transfers to other facilities. i was 18 years old some, like brian lautenslager, are part of a permanent population slated to serve their entire sentences at brushy. i ve been in prison all together 18 years. i come in when i was 18, got out at 24, came back at 25, now i m 36. going on 37. lautenslager is serving a 90-year sentence for robbery and criminal intent to commit murder. this is a song i wrote a few years ago. every year i change the amount