inmates, to spend time blowing off steam. >> narrator: though not a common sight, we visited american prisons with band rooms as well. but one as respect of the inmate population provided the most striking difference of all. >> eastern european prisons, was predominantly caucasian inmates. whereas in american prisons, there are a variety of ethnicities, tensions exist between ethnicitieethnicities. >> narrator: one group is called roma, that has taken root throughout nations. known as gypsies with the reputation for being con artists and thieves. pavel is roma and been here for 10.5 years for multiple counts of robbery and theft. >> translator: we don't have any rights here, there are skinheads, we are attacked by