beer bottle, swung it on the ground, busted it in the parking lot. i said, oh, lord, lord! i thought he was going to have me locked up first day i met him. lord, have mercy. after that, we get along like brothers or something. houck and birkett both have mixed feelings about houck s pending release and whether his tim per and impulsive behavior will lead him back to prison. hopefully won t come back. i don t know. sound like one day he says he ll do good, talking about partying, girls. i think he ll be all right. he s too young. yeah. coming up anybody out there listening has ever done what i ve done, then they already know the intense rush that this is. how one inmate s rush leads to a 55-year sentence. and jeffrey flanders gives his side of the controversial murder that grabbed local headlines.
there, if it s coming in on the work site, if it s staff, if it s other inmates, if it s family. a positive test for houck could bring even more serious consequences. he s due to be released from prison in 30 days but could lose some of the time he s had deducted from his sentence for good behavior and holding a job. inmate houck, are you ready? go ahead and wash your hands, dry them real good. all right, break the seal, we need at least 30 milliliters, halfway or more. once you get it full, put the cap back on, i m going to have you walk back up, all right? right over there on that piece of paper. this is a dip test, testing for four different drugs today. you submerge it into the sample
i can borrow some. i have a bunch of friends in here. it s like not even being in prison. check this out. when i was a kid, i got adhd. adhd, or a.d.d.? i ve got one of them. i might even have them both. [ bleep ]. he has the best time in prison of anybody i ve ever seen. i don t know why he s happy all the time. if i need to be serious, i will. i mean, what? if i don t need to, be cool with me, i tell a joke and everybody can laugh with me, it s pretty cool. houck s time at santa rosa is made easier not only by his attitude but by his job on the inmate construction crew, where he works with one of his best friends, chris birkett, who he refers to as uncle. when i got here, he called me uncle. i dated his aunt for like three years. he lived with us for a while. he s a character, as you can tell. first day i met him, his aunt told me to go to the store, take
kevin houck will leave santa rosa the right way. i m getting out today. sometime soon, i hope. yeah, i m pretty nervous, actually. i thought i d have a nervous breakdown or something. i feel like i m leaving one dimension here, going into another. this is like a whole other world right here. it s like i m going to take off and go to like a regular human world. houck s mother has arrived to pick him up. she is joined by three of houck s sisters, two young nieces and his stepbrother. we re here because we re picking up kevin. we re finally picking kevin
on that top line. this shows today s date, that you re being released. you re going to receive $50 when i get you outside with your family. that s what you re signing for. print your name here and sign your name there. he s probably like in there primping, making sure he looks just right, you know? i ve got cologne in the car, deodorant, because he wants to smell good and look good. i ll take you through, they re going to want to see your i.d. as well at the window. all right. and after that, you are free. give you your paperwork when you get out in front when we get with your family. who s here? i don t know. wow, you ve got a nice little reception going on here, houck. yeah. thank god. i missed you so much.