if i knew, i would get on the bus, go see my mom right away, no stops anywhere. i ll drink a beer. i m going to be on the streets for few days before i see my mom. i m a alcoholic. i m a full blown, full blooded alcoholic. he nearly got into a fight with his assigned cell mate. now he s housed with an old friend from the street who knows all about la force and his many arrests. 1,187. that s a lot of wrong choices, but he s still not a bad dude. he only goes by his last
front of me. before it was dark. i understand what my responsibilities are as a man. definitely not gang banging. but i wish all my buddies and friends luck. 20 miles to the north at the county s main jail in downtown sacramento, chris la force is about to make a transition as well. one he has made a thousand times before. once i start being a kind of person a guy wants me to be, it s going to change my life a little better. the day has arrived for his release. surveillance cameras capture la force in his changeout cell. and later making his way off the grounds of the jail. la force says his goal is to reconnect with his mother. but 36 hours later, he was back in jail. home again. 36 whole hours. you were gone 6 hours? maybe that long. what happened? i got drunk and i you
brought back into custody last night for being drunk in public. what number arrest this time? 1,088. like [ bleep ] yeah. you re proud of that? [ bleep ]. i mean, like me, i m mentally ill a little bit, you know. heck yeah, i m proud of that. nobody else has ever done it. i just want to stay in jail forever. la force. yes? roll everything up. la force s latest violation will result in another 180 days in jail. a new chance to sober up. and perhaps someday to see his mother.
three hours. he said i m back. yeah, you are, your bunk is still open. i ve known him 15, 20 years. i ve run into him on the street a lot. gives me shoes when i ain t got shoe, always gives me something to eat. yeah, i went shopping for me and my nephew, bought some brand new shoes. he jumped on the road, no shoes, no coat. he s not a bad guy. he needs a little help just like all of us. like la force, clayton has also experienced many years of homelessness in sacramento. for many years, i was downtown. it was a choice i made. i didn t have no overhead. i didn t have to pay no insurance. i had a tent.
seen that you were fighting, looked like you were fighting for your life. i was, stupid, why don t you help me? and that was it for me. i knew i can t keep doing this. we deal with people, so many different people, that a lot of times you think this person might be coming to help you, and they re not. it happens. they prey on the homeless. la force will soon be back on those same streets. due to his current jail stay he has 42 days of sobriety and will be released in another week. got to get my head shaved. i m going to feel like a new man. as he has upon prior releases, la force holds out hope of visiting his mother. hey, sport, looking like almost a real human being, not part of the bushes. he says he has only spoken to her a few times in the past 16 years and that she lives about 100 miles away in nevada. it s going to be a real big