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>> translator: i dont have the strength to explain it, really. its long, its complicated. in short, it was a case of jealousy. >> this is not smolovichs first involvement with prison. she was conceived in a russian prison during a conjugal visit between her parents. >> translator: my father was addicted to drugs all his life and his whole life from the age of 12 he goes out, goes in, goes out, goes in. when my mother gave bird she was visiting him. her water broke. when they went to the hospital...

Prepared by inmates. >> the officers were not at all concerned about the inmates tampering with their food. not a single officer expressed fear. they had complete trust. and they even were complimentary of the food. >> inmates also cook the three daily meals provided to other inmates. but most rimonim inmates, including wadia abu amar, cook for themselves with the food they purchase from the canteen in kitchens located in each housing unit and in some cases inside individual cells. >> translator...

Confidence. he only knew violence and how to react being violent. he had no way of expressing his feelings. he didnt even know how to describe what he felt. he was kind of -- id say very hollow inside. a lost soul. ♪ >> kligman says his therapy at hermon helped him rediscover the one thing he did love. >> translator: you could say that every moment with a guitar for me is a joy. a holiday. i dont know. i think that its medicine for the soul. and ill have it for the rest of my life. ive discove...

Hermon might be a prison but staff here refer to it in different terms. >> its the largest therapeutic community in the country. >> arlene perez who emgreated to israel from the united states in 1980 is a social worker at hermon. >> because its a therapeutic community we look at the inmates kind of in a different frame of mind and we call them residents as opposed to inmates because theyre in a community where they should feel that theres more respect for each other. >> the 600 men serving their...