Evaristo Salas Jr.

And that's when it's official.

That's when I knew, okay, it's going to happen.

So I sign my release papers.

I tell them my release address.

They're going to give me $600, $300 as a release money and $300 for food.

And then they give me a little flip phone.

They walk me all the way up to the main.

I get up to the main visiting room area.

And the tenant comes out, gives me my paperwork, and I sign my actual release papers where I'm actually, now I can go.

Once I sign this paperwork, I can literally just walk out.

Gives me this bag full of hygiene, stuff like that.

And he goes, yeah, you're officially released, so we have no jurisdiction over you.

You can literally walk out if you want.

I said, well, I got to wait until my family comes.

He said, yeah, you can wait right there.

It's up to you, but you can go.

We don't have any control over you.

And those words right there alone were like... We have no control over you.

And then they were like... I was like, hey, can I... They have these phones for inmates that you can use just in case.

And I was going to use that.