heaven because it s going to my angel. she spelled prison p-r-i-z-o-n. these emotions aren t good for me in here. they re not helping me. that s weakness, i don t want to show it. i m so scared to let those people see who i really am. scared maybe they ll make fun of me for it or hate me for it. tattooed-up gangster that cries in his cell every night. coming up how can you even remotely be able to justify that to me? you better hope he don t die. is he still in the hospital? yes. reality sinks in for the two assailants. and for lester stokes. you re the most beautiful girl in the world and nothing could ever change that. you re special, baby girl. i love you with all my heart. we may be one of the world s most familiar companies,
and the 88 is for what? stands for heil hitler. you admire hitler? i think he did have some good ideas. by taking over the world and making it be his. who wouldn t want to do that? i don t blame him for trying to do that. i understand. if i could be king of the whole world, i would be, too. i wouldn t do what he did with it. stokes says the tattoos help him fit in with some of the white gangs in the prison, which he says is key to his survival there. i m a skinny white boy going to a prison full of gang members. when it s you behind the fence, you got to be cliqued up with somebody to have your back. when i was in prison i got jumped by four neighborhood crips. broke my nose and my jaw, four stitches in my eye. fought them all off. they were trying to steal my shoes. i told them if i wanted my shoes, they had to take them off my feet. did they get your shoes? no. i kept my shoes. i got to keep my shoes.
pick out a children s book and they read it, it s recorded, and then the tape and the book is sent out to the child. despite their rcumstances, despite the bad choices that they ve made to come here, they still want to stay connected to their kids and, you know, want to show their kids that they re doing something positive. let s go! meeks and stokes, come here! lester stokes has just signed up for story time. stokes. stokes? this is story time request or application. so, do you have more than one child? i have four. are they all at the same house? no? okay. she s got some extras for you. you have to fill out one for each household. all right, thank you. okay? you re welcome. stokes has served two prior prison terms and will soon return to serve six years for false impersonation. he has four daughters by three women.
they read it, it s recorded, then the tape and the book is sent out to the child. a jail program that helps inmates connect to their children gets a new participant. stokes. this is story time request or application.
the power of conversation! you know, i like you! i like you too! at discover, we treat you like you d treat you. get the it card and talk to a real person. tulsa, oklahoma, has known tough times. its residents brave life in tornado alley. its cultural influences include the wild west and big oil. inside the tulsa county jail, those same thick and often heavily tattooed skins are always on display. lester stokes will soon leave the jail to serve six years in prison as a prospect for the