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Counselors. thats our job. so that entails working with survivors on a daily basis and helping them through their healing process. >> marcia and dianes background helps them deal with inmates who have the most taboo of crimes, but for brook, his secret may be keeping him safe. >> on the yard, everybody wears a mask and they hide most of their life from everybody else because there are so many predators out there. emotional predators, physical predators. if they see a weakness, they take advantag...

Thats our job. so that entails working with survivors on a daily basis and helping them through their healing process. >> marcia and dianes background helps them deal with inmates who have the most taboo of crimes, but for brook, his secret may be keeping him safe. >> on the yard, everybody wears a mask and they hide most of their life from everybody else because there are so many predators out there. emotional predators, physical predators. if they see a weakness, they take advantage of it. and...

>> i think sometimes they try to protect us, and we dont see the reality of what it is here, and, yeah, this is a really hard place to be. >> administrative segregation is a prison within the prison. this area houses inmates who are under investigation, as well as inmates in protective custody who cant live with the general population. >> its different than what i thought, in some ways, and its also -- i dont know, it feels very -- its a very oppressive feeling atmosphere. >> like the rest of th...

Not their own. some of the inmates choose to participate in activities they would not consider on the yard. ron brook may be under pressure to blend in with the other white inmates. the order of the day is military style calisthenics. the privacy of this intense physical training is fiercely guarded, so we watch using the prisons closed-circuit camera system. brook is worried our cameras might attract unnecessary attention from the other inmates. he refuses to see marcia and diane, but agrees to...

Not afraid to talk about his crime, but admitting to sexually assaulting his victim is risky. the members in the group have agreed to total confidentiality, but with a crime this taboo, he still runs the risk of having his story make its way to the yard. >> he was really armored. he was very apprehensive that his crime was -- especially the sexual aspect of it, in here is a touchy subject. guys who do that kind of thing, that was -- he showed a lot of trust in the group to have shared that with ...

I ordered the driver to start the car and drive around. i felt numb and cold but i didnt stop. coming up -- a shocking twist in the murder of susan worthen is finally revealed. >> ron, what was your intent when you picked them up? what were you going to do? >> probably to humiliate her. i had power over her. >> and later, an incident on the yard puts ron brook and the therapy group in jeopardy. >> first theres concern, concern for ron and honestly, concern for the group, because this group cou...

Happen. >> he was convicted of the kidnap and murder of his two friends, joe and gilbert flores. he has rarely spoken about the crime since that night. >> i turned 30 in prison, i turned 40 in prison, and i just turned 50 in prison. >> but with his parole hearing only months away, haro is prepared to do whatever it takes not to spend another birthday behind bars. the prison yard operates under a code of silence. the last thing you speak to other inmates about are your crimes. letting your guard ...

>> i have too much hope. i know hes coming home. >> when you walk out in the prison yard, you have one of the most beautiful views in the hudson river that anyone could ever see. whats that like? >> sweet torture. i see freedom before my eyes. it seems tangible, but its not. i watch it at night with the bright lights. i watch it in the day. i see the ferry riding by. i see the sailboats sailing by. thats freedom. its right there. its sweet torture. thats what it is.

Short of killing somebody again. >> the family bonds that lead to murder. and later -- >> one of the first things that i noticed was something that i never thought that id see in a million years on a prison yard. and thats all of the cats. >> when inmates adopt. >> basically when theyre little babies and you can raise them up, pet them, you feed them, you watch them grow and thats your cat. will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says theyll only pay three-quarters of what it ta...

But "lockup" crews have found that on some yards, even at dangerous maximum security institutions, inmates have found something to fill their hearts with love and nurturing. just not for each other. >> this is my buddy. >> nobodys family home cat is i could see to be happier than these cats in here. >> one of the first things i notice walking out in the yard in kentucky was something that i never thought id see in a million years on a prison yard. and thats all of the cats. they were all over th...