Directors: Chris Filippone & Jamie Meltzer

Cinematographer: Chris Filippone

Every weekday, dozens of inmates are released on parole from Huntsville State Penitentiary, the largest prison release center in Texas. With a bus ticket voucher and a $100 release check, most of them take in their first moments out of prison with phone calls, cigarettes and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block. In this pivotal moment between incarceration and freedom, a myriad of complicated emotions arise before the bus arrives to take them home.

Currently showing on NYT Op-Docs.