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The building i grew up in was 191, fairwood av. >> 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 better artists, tattoo artists in prison than there a...

Was in the street. all the pain, everything that came up for me that was my solution, to self-medicate. thats what i did. >> in his struggle to conquer addiction, rusty discovered a passion for counseling others. >> ive been. 12 step programs for, oh, geez, probably about 1 years now, 19 years, but the current program im in, its called arc. its addiction recovery counseling. >> its a four-month program which is a state-of-the-art addiction treatment program. its the first one ever in the world a...

Were. >> translator: in the six years that i have been the warden here, we have not had any such cases. it might seem improbable to you but we did not have any such cases. i put a lot of stress on the prison staff treating the inmates decently and the inmates strictly observing house rules. so if anything happens, its sporadic. we really do not have many problems here. >> i remember my first day when i come here, its for me like a horror movie. but, its okay. >> we met one english speaking inmat...

>> robert fry isnt the only inmate whose prison experience has dramatically transformed his life. >> not everybody in the penitentiary system are bad apples. weve made mistakes, but some of us have learned from them. >> you know, i just want to go home, see my kids. i havent seen my kids in six years. >> to tell you the truth, im tired of the gang banging crap. ive done it too long. you know? ive been stabbed, shot, and i got scars from here all the way down, nicked, been shot, my elbow, my knee...

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. >> while czs urban setting and concrete surroundings make some long for simple pleasures, our crew headed deeper into serbia and found a prison that except for the razor wire was almost a natural paradise. . .

♪ then when we first begun ♪ amen >> 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...

Inmate who agreed that the staff does what it can to make life here tolerable. serving six months for a white-collar crime, he asked to remain anonymous. >> we are a small country. we are not rich country like america or like england. and 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 bi...

Probably about 18 or 19 years. years, but the current program im in, its called arc. its addiction recovery counseling. >> its a four-month program which is a state-of-the-art addiction treatment program. its the first one ever in the world as far as we know thats completely run and has counselors who are inmates, who are trained inmates. >> its one thing to sit across the desk from somebody in a suit and tie whos not in recovery, whos never been there that doesnt have know the first thing about...

For, oh, geez, probably about 18 years now, 19 years. but the current program im in, its called a.r.c. its addiction recovery counseling. >> its a four-month program, which is a state of the art addiction treatment program. its the first one ever in the world, as far as we know, thats completely and run has counselors who are inmates, who are trained inmates. >> its one thing to sit across the desk from somebody in a suit and tie whos not in recovery, whos never been there, that doesnt know the ...

♪ then when we first begun ♪ amen >> 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...