Harvey Guillén

So they put him in the kind of isolation reserved for the most dangerous criminals in the state.

He's placed in solitary confinement, 23-hour lockdown, one hour a day to shower and exercise.

The rest of the time, he's alone in a six-by-nine-foot concrete cell.

No cellmate, no television, no contact with other inmates.

Just Stephen, four walls, and a lot of time to think about the choices that brought him here.

In 2009, a movie about Stephen's life is released.

It's called I Love You, Philip Morris, and it stars Jim Carrey as Stephen and Ewan McGregor as Philip.

The movie opens with a disclaimer.

This really happened.

It's totally true.

We couldn't make this up, which is almost funny because Stephen's entire life has been about making things up.

about becoming whoever he needed to be in order to survive, to be loved, to keep Philip.

Philip is released in 2006, just in time to appear in the movie as an extra, playing Stephen's lawyer in a courtroom scene.

He's on Stephen's visitation list, but never visits.

which Stephen understands, because why would Philip want to step foot in another prison?

They do write letters for a while, but according to Stephen's 2018 book, their relationship just fades.

He falls out of love.

The thing that drove three escapes that cost him everything just dissolves.

Stephen admits that though he loved Philip, he regrets his decisions.

All of those escapes weren't worth the extra time in prison away from his daughter.