brotherhood. he was one of the big boys in that faction. he was the type of guy that would have put the hurt on you if you looked at him wrong at that point. i guess a lot of people looked at me as one of the, if you mess with the white boys or there s a problem with them, joe s going to be one of them. he ll be up front. you ll have to deal with him. as a level six inmate, sears lives in solitary confinement and is allowed outdoors no more than an hour a day, which he spends in this exercise cage. hard time has taken its toll. he s lost a lot of weight. mentally he s not as sure of himself. a big piece of my life is ruined. it s just real sad, it s a waste of time. sears has no family or friends waiting for him. our crew was his first contact with outside faces in years. he opened up on how his time has affected him.
in back in the back of the truck and took me to north carolina and they caught me while i was trying to get out of the truck. king has been told he will most likely serve the rest of his life sentence in brushy mountain s maximum security unit. i guess they believe that i m an extreme escape risk because of my military background and because of my escape attempt. now, the exercise cage where king practices yoga provides his only glimpse of the outside world. sometimes, in my rare moments i think i probably want to go again, and sometimes not. if i thought i had a chance to get back into court, maybe i maybe i d stop thinking about
we followed this man out to the exercise yard to see part of their daily routine. this is our exercise cage. we get it every other day. it s four hours of exercise. we look forward to it, for sure. definitely look forward to it. sunlight. sunlight s a big deal. he s getting sunlight. it s like a lizard. takes a minute to get going. can we watch you guys work out a little? yeah, yeah. then nearly two minutes pass with nothing happening. our camera operator walked in between exercise cages waiting for the session to begin. finally our crew was informed it wouldn t start until they left. they re going to wait for you guys to be done. when our crew went back indoors, they learned that kern valley s dominant hispanic gang
i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up into some boxes and shipped myself out. i was part of the warehouse crew. i was taking yoga several years. i just squeezed myself in there in a very cramped position, brought some water with me. about an hour and a half before they shipped me out, they put me in the back of the truck and when they took me to north carolina and they caught me while i was trying to get out of the truck. king has been told he will probably serve the rest of his life sentences in brushy mountain maximum security. i guess they believe i m an extreme escape risk because of the my military background and because of my escape attempt. now the exercise cage where king practices yoga provides his
he was the type of guy that would have put the hurt on you if you looked at him wrong at that point. i guess a lot of people looked at me as one of the, if you mess with the white boys or there s a problem with them, joe s going to be one of them. he ll be up front. you ll have to deal with him. as a level six inmate, sears lives in solitary confinement and is allowed outdoors no more than an hour a day, which he spends in this exercise cage. hard time has taken its toll. he s lost a lot of weight. mentally he s not as sure of himself. a big piece of my life is ruined. it s just real sad, it s a waste of time. sears has no family or friends waiting for him. our crew was his first contact with outside faces in years. he opened up on how his time has affected him. it s kind of hard for me to explain. you start feeling.