kenneth body has patiently played by the rules, and after 18 years in prison, has succeeded in getting his sentence reduced from 40 years to 28 years. this could make him eligible for immediate parole. but there is a controversy over his earned time for good behavior. today, he thinks he s having a meeting with his lawyer to sort out the problem. can you let him know he has a visit? great, thanks. we re going to have a special visit for inmate body. a special visit is usually for offenders who typically wouldn t get visits or for families that live more than 300 miles away. body s actual visitors are his mother, sister and stepfather who have traveled across the state to surprise him. it s very difficult. i m sorry, but i get very emotional.
stuff and put them into compliance. good job. a lot of contraband for one cell. they ve been saving up for quite some time. the needle could be handed from inmate to inmate. we did get the evidence instructing how they should properly do this, so that raises some eyebrows in a facility that more than one offender might be doing this. so that will be a concern. inman and boltjes are allowed to return to their cell, but the investigation is far from over. coming up, kenneth body s release hits a roadblock. they re refusing to grant my earned time. my mouth tends to get me in a wreck whenever i get upset. and chris anger gets him in trouble. so i can t win for nothing.
so never seen a blackberry or any of these ipods, none of that stuff. but kenneth body s cell contains the artifacts of his life before prison. like this cassette player. this is probably an antique on the streets, but this is something a person would want in here. the only reason i was able to keep this is i managed to stay out of trouble. i was able to keep these alligator shoes. yeah. it s probably outdated. but in here, they re sharp as a tack. something that earlier in the years you could have but you no longer could wear dress shoes in here. so they grandfathered them and you can only wear them when you go to visit. and that s the only time you can wear them. this is a typewriter. this is fairly new. you know, this is what i recommend, see, because a lot of
please forgive me, for i have sinned journey with me let s take a walk pain got me feeling like you really ain t listening between them, kenneth body and billy hankins have endured more than 40 years in prison. come down here about three times a week, you know, to stay fit and to release stress. it helps you work off pent-up negative energy that you accumulate during the day dealing with [ bleep ]. only the strong survive, i m sure you ve heard that before. it s especially true in this environment. you never know when it s going to pay to be the stronger man. with no chance for parole, hankins survival in prison is a lifelong commitment, but his friend is planning a life on the outside. due to new evidence coming forth on his murder conviction, body accepted a plea bargain with a sentence reduction that could free him in the very near future, but now there s a snag
body s case was recently reviewed and problems with the original evidence prompted the court to offer him a new plea agreement, one that would drastically reduce his sentence. they gave me 28 years with time credit for 18, so it put me real close in getting out. so i should be getting out pretty soon. once the prison calculates time reductions for good behavior, body could be out on the streets within weeks. it takes its toll on you, to be for real. it takes its toll on you, but i mean what can you do about it? and, you know, 19 years of doing time, you learn patience if you don t learn anything. as kenneth body looks forward to the payoff of patient persistence, another longtime inmate has learned that patience has a reward of a different type. our first introduction to billy hankins was in this startling