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The further we got actually onto the prison grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds that you would never think would be living here. how are they here? >> translator: we breed those. they arent wild birds. >> does it have a positive effect on the p...

Oppression over the course of centuries. on one busy downtown street is a flashpoint of warsaws volatile past, mokotow prison. >> been to over 20 american prisons. theyre usually located in remote areas far from cities for security reasons. so were on these busy warsaw streets and we turn and these massive blue doors open up and we enter into this facility. and when we were inside and i was standing on prison grounds, i would look up and see apartment buildings surrounding us, businesses. >> the...

And i was a little shocked, to turn my head and see peacocks on the yard. the prison yard itself. the further we got actually onto the prison grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds that you would never think would be living here. how are they here...

This is her second week working on prison grounds. >> my husband, you know, was kind of skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something that i really want to do. ive always had a passion for law enforcement. thats just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. they thought, okay, mommy is going to be a cop. thats cool for them. i dont think they really understand everything thats going on. you have to remember to stay firm, fair and consistent. you cant really treat anybody any diff...

Newcomers, among inmates and staff alike. michele ellis is a rookie officer in training. this is her second week working on prison grounds. >> my husband, you know, was kind of skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something that i really want to do. >> ive always had a passion for law enforcement. thats just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. they thought, okay, mommy is going to be a cop. thats cool for them. i dont think they really understand everything thats going on. yo...

>> while demoore completes his end of the process, for his wife, its just beginning. because conjugal visits are sometimes used as opportunities to smuggle contraband into corcoran, officers must do a thorough search of everything the family brings in. >> put all of the containers in clear plastic so its visible. we look through it, especially if theyve been opened, make sure there is nothing secreted inside. >> almost time to go. i almost feel like an inmate myself being here. you cant come out...

End of the process, for his wife, its just beginning. because conjugal visits are sometimes used as opportunities to smuggle contraband into corcoran, officers must do a thorough search of everything the family brings in. >> put all of the containers in clear plastic so its visible. we look through it, especially if theyve been opened, make sure there is nothing secreted inside. >> almost time to go. i almost feel like an inmate myself being here. you cant come outside after dark. and then when ...

After a phone call from a local citizen about a possible escaped inmate, the c.o.s of san quentin have snapped into action. >> take your ass upstairs. >> inside the prison, all inmates have been locked up and the officers have done a prison-wide recount. prison officials have also been dispatched to canvass the area around san quentin. >> its possible that the citizen saw what they saw, could have maybe been two teenagers or something that live on grounds, prison grounds that were hopping the fe...

Machete, went back out there and thats where it went down. i shot three people. he cut up two. >> one guys got, like, partial brain damage and the other one just got his arm -- >> hell never be able to use his right hand again. >> although both men faced life sentences for murder, michael pled guilty so brad could plea bargain down to lesser time. >> brad didnt kill anybody. im the one that shot and killed the guy. so i didnt think it fair for him to spend the rest of his life in prison, which i...

They become available to officers in need of cheaper rent and a shorter commute. >> i hear a lot of people say they dont want to move here because they never leave the prison. well, i come home and im home. >> not everyone in the family is so excited about living inside a state penitentiary. in fact, the whole idea makes marthas son, chris, pretty nervous. >> its kind of scary because they could break out and come and sneak in. i just think about it sometimes. >> actually, its very safe. its lik...