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>> whether it sounds like somebody running over a cat with a lawn mower or not. >> since fry has appealed his death penalty sentence, it is not clear when or eveb if hell ever be executed. >> 15 to 20 years down the road, that will be decided. as with all death penalties, its a controversy. >> im not afraid of death. when i die, i go to my maker with a clear conscience because i have accepted him as my savior and i have asked forgiveness of my sins. to die is easy. to live is hard. >> robert fry...

Prison. the name of the project is orient heights. the building i grew up in is 191, fairwood ave.. >> everything that i got is a prison tattoo, actually. >> i heard somewhere prison tattoos are like the prison experience. it hurts when youre getting them, its bloody, some scabs and bruises but when its all healed up and its all said and done, theres something left over. >> nice back piece, aint it? get your back piece on camera, baby! huh? showing off your work, son. >> yeah? >> huh? >> theres ...

Reserve by telling him about my history in the civil rights movement and the young people that i knew and all of a sudden he said to me did you know maya angelou. i said yes. he said we read all of her books in the prison. that broke the ice for us. he was still very guarded and remained -- over the months and years after he was released he got more and more comfortable with the media but in those days he was a bit reserved. he didnt like personal questions, and i was warned by the son of one of...

People who are different than yourself and know gay people and know gay people who are married and have good marriages and know transgender people, you sort of take the boog giman out of it. your role is important in putting that out there for people to see a character they can laugh with, cry with, relate to. talk to us about your character. >> whats been great is shes a character whos in prison and shes faced a lot of issues transgender people face. helps with health care when they deny her ho...

Aka mico, is cuffed on suspicion of pimping. >> technically, i feel im doing a good thing by protecting someone. >> but mico doesnt see himself as a pimp so much as a protector and guardian angel to lost and wayward souls. >> because im more -- ever since i experienced the prison experience, since ive been out, ive been totally on a spiritual path. >> yeah, i kind of see myself as like the kwai chang caine of the adult entertainment industry. if you know who that is, that was a kung fu master fr...

Does what it can to make life here tolerable. serving six months for a white collar crime, he asked to remain anonymous. >> we are small country. we are not rich country like america or like england. this condition for our country is okay. it could be better, but its okay, this prison experience. im going to be another man. im going to be looking about freedom in another way. to appreciate freedom. to appreciate to walk in the park. to drink coke. to see birds sky. freedom is freedom. thats all....

>> were not the best singers. joyful noise. >> whether it sounds like somebody running over a cat with a lawn mower or not. >> since fry has appealed his death penalty sentence, it is not clear when or eveb if hell ever be executed. >> 15 to 20 years down the road, that will be decided. as with all death penalties, its a controversy. >> im not afraid of death. when i die, i go to my maker with a clear conscience because i have accepted him as my savior and i have asked forgiveness of my sins. to...

And now, now its just about getting through the day without crying, and im scared. im still scared. im scared that im not myself in here, and im scared that i am. >> that was a scene from "orange is the new black." were back with piper kerman, whose memoir is the inspiration for the hit netflix series. join me at the table, jeff smith, former missouri state senator who went to federal prison for campaign violations. jeff, i wanted to have you here, you and i spoke before. i read about your priso...

Somebody before i came in here. i was somebody with a life that i chose for myself. and now, now its just about getting through the day without crying, and im scared. im still scared. im scared that im not myself in here, and im scared that i am. >> that was a scene from "orange is the new black." were back with piper kerman, whose memoir is the inspiration for the hit netflix series. join me at the table, jeff smith, former missouri state senator who went to federal prison for campaign violatio...

People struggling to get a job and have criminals in their social network are aware that they can deal with doing a bid. and perhaps they have to do a bid in order to be respected by some of the people in that network. and the impact extends beyond those specifically incarcerated. when we pull men away from their families for doing drugs it, makes it harder for their family to survive clickly and increases the potential for the man or womans children to become criminals themselves. if inmates de...