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i don t know if part of it was that we were encroaching on whatever he was doing at the prison. i need to take this guy out. or if that s the persona he was trying to project. i don t care if you like me or dislike me. i didn t come here for friends. during our time at the prison, things began to heat up for ronnie. he was caught with a cell phone charger and later voluntarily turned in a cell phone. prison officials nearly canceled the wedding, but agreed to let it move forward with one major restriction. it would have to be a noncontact ceremony, meaning bride and groom would be separated by a thick pane of glass. a not so minor detail for jodie. so there is like no kissing the bride? when the day comes we will see. for jodie hearing that she would have a noncontact wedding, it was like the sky had fallen. she was crying. she was upset that she wouldn t be able to, you know, hold him. this was her day in the sun, and the prison was ruining it. ....
ronnie s various disciplinary write-ups resulted in a noncontact ceremony, meaning bride and groom would be separated by a pane of glass. but that didn t deter the couple. and we were there to cover the wedding. how are you feeling right now? pretty good. as ronnie made his way to the noncontact visitation area, the bride was in the restroom suffering a major case of the jitters. i said i m freaking out. why? because i m like going to be married in an hour. filming jodie right before she got married in the prison was a surreal experience. honestly, in a million years, i never thought i would see myself in this situation. and this is how you decide to show it? i m sitting on the toilet in indiana state prison fully clothed, of course, but i m just dripping. it was actually very funny. she s kind of standing up and squatting on the toilet seat in the restroom and kind of losing it. i m chewing on acrylic ....
he meant an awful lot to me. lucas, i m going to miss you. on the other end of the spectrum, our stay at indiana state also included a wedding. this is my girlfriend, jodie. when we met inmate ronnie ty, serving 11 years for robbery, he was looking forward to making a lifetime commitment to jodie. tell me about the engagement. how did he ask you? he didn t ask me. i asked him. he told me that, one day he told me, he said, whatever i have, if you need it, i d give it to you. and i said, can i have your last name? and he said yes, so that s what we re doing. yeah, i got his name on my leg. do you want to see it? although ronnie had less than a year to complete on his sentence, the couple couldn t wait to get married and put in a request for a prison wedding. ....
i told them we wanted to get married october 7th. that will work. october the 7th. you re going to be a good boy. promise? say promise. being good in prison has not always been ronnie s strongest quality. yeah, i got about 100 write-ups. might be over that. been caught tattooing, smoking weed, drinking, fighting. got locked up for robbery inside of here. he kind of had a bully type attitude. what are you waiting for? and it was clear he wanted to be on the show. he wanted to do it, but at every turn, he was resistant. there was one point where i went into his cell to get some b roll of him interacting with his brother and he was asking me, are you done yet? you know, why do you need this? why do you need that? we re just getting you two together. you can just talk. ....
Using the women for their own advantage. i ve heard stories. you ve heard stories? i ve heard stories. i m aware of all the ups and downs, and i m prepared to help him adapt back to society, and i realize it s going to be some trouble for him. for the record, i took a psychology class. i think i can handle it. i had an awesome instructor, yeah. i think i can handle it. how does the rest of the family feel about the wedding? they re okay. his mom was going to be here today but couldn t make it. he s got a good family. as jodie spoke with the pastor, ronnie had arrived on his side of the glass awaiting his bride and maintaining his cool. why should i be nervous? it s a big deal. it s a commitment. it s forever. ....