Great story, not happy one

The tag line about him being an escape artist led me to think this was going to be more an adventure type documentary with a touch of fun thrown in. It's not. A guy steals his own tools (They were his late fathers, they were in probate) from his stepmother. He gets 4 years, does crazy stuff like escape attempts, and due to all the time added to his sentence, is still in prison 30 years later. He's smart in some ways, like how to build stuff and how to outsmart a pool, but has no social skills, and has some mental issues. The people on parole board came off as sick bastards.