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By not only accommodating religious and ethnic customs, but by trying to make life relatively comfortable for its inmates. a palestinian muslim, serving life for murder, has done time at five other israeli prisons prior to this one. >> translator: when i came to this prison, i felt like i was in a hotel compared to where i have been previously. we have everything. nothing is lacking. we have a television, we have a radio. cd player. dvds, fans, shelves, there is a cabinet where we put all our cl...

>> while rimonim is always braced for violence, officials say they control it by not only accommodating religious and ethnic customs but by trying to make life relatively comfortable for its inmates. this palestinian muslim serving life for murder has done time at five other israeli prisons prior to rimonim. >> translator: when i came to this prison, i felt like i was in a hotel compared with where i had been previously. we have everything. nothing is lacking. we have a television, we have a rad...

A shower. nothing is lacking. >> the prison has two-man and six-man cells, all of which more resemble college dormitories than american prison cells. while most american inmates are not allowed to bring personal items beyond wedding bands or religious medallions with them, israeli inmates pack their bags before coming to prison. >> you bring everything with you when you turn yourself in. clothing, shoes, electrical appliances, cigarettes, hot plate, coffee, everything. you are allowed to bring e...

>> while the prison is always braced for violence -- officials say, they control it by not only accommodating religious and ethnic customs, but by trying to make life relatively comfortable for its inmates. a palestinian muslim, has done time at five other israeli prisons prior to this one. >> when i cam to this prison i felt like i was in a hotel compared to where i have been previously. we have everything. nothing is lacking. we have a television, we have a radio. cd player. dvds, fans, shelve...

[inaudible] >> sean: when salmon rushdie wrote "the satanic verses" there were fatwahs against you. you have defamed the prophet, the religion. so when you say, you are marked for death. this is reality for you. what is your life like now that you have to deal with that? >> my wife and i, for the last 8 years, havent had the most pleasant life, when it comes to safety and security. we lived in prison cells, actually, in the same cell as one of the terrorists of the lockerbie attack in holland n....

[inaudible] >> sean: when salmon rushdie wrote "the satanic verses" there were fatwahs against you. you have defamed the prophet, the religion. so when you say, you are marked for death. this is reality for you. what is your life like now that you have to deal with that? >> my wife and i, for the last 8 years, havent had the most pleasant life, when it comes to safety and security. we lived in prison cells, actually, in the same cell as one of the terrorists of the lockerbie attack in holland n....

Theres a little green for your grocery. thank you. absolutely. and as part of my saving stimulus package from progressive -- this can go in my wallet. that can go in your wallet. 30 bucks. whoo! if you are the governor, at least theet receipt clee, is to kill people who are in prison, to oversee the process for whom the state has been responsible for housing and feeding and their medical care and eyeglasses and their mail and reading material and toilet paper and everything, taking those peopl...

In all of europe and all of the countries that used to be the soviet union was belarus. japan didnt use the death penalty last year. didnt kill any of its prisoners. we did that 43 times last year. the number is going down for us. we may be the only modern industrialized nation that goes into our prison cells, takes people that are already incarcerated and kills them as quietly as possible. we may be the last industrialized country in the world that is doing that but we are doing that less. we k...

We may be the only modern industrialized nation that goes into our prison cells, takes people that are already incarcerated and kills them as quietly as possible. we may be the last industrialized country in the world that is doing that but we are doing that less. we killed 46 times in 2010 and 43 time last year. thats the direction that things are going for us in this field. the state of illinois banned the death penalty last year. oregons governor adopted a moratorium on killing there. marylan...

Five, the united states of america. theyre not very many lists on which we come fifth after iran and iraq but thats because the lists of which countries are killing the largest number of prisoner, that list comes out once a year. today is the day the china is first. its difficult company, right. in all of europe and all of the countries thse soviet union was belarus. japan didnt use the death penalty last year. didnt kill any of its prisoners. we did that 43 times last year. the number is going ...