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>> he began his sentence under house arrest. but he then committed a robbery and was sentenced to an additional five years and sent to prison. >> translator: as someone who was addicted to drugs, one of my things was a need for excitement. and today, in essence, the only excitement that i get here is through religion, through the torah, which gives me the tools i need for life outside. >> in the religious wing, he is shielded from the potential violence between jews and arabs that exist in other parts of the prison. but some inmates at rimonim have benefited from putting the conflicts of outsi...

Additional five years and sent to prison. >> translator: as someone who was addicted to drugs, one of my things was a need for excitement. and today, in essence, the only excitement that i get here is through religion, through the torah, which gives me the tools i need for life outside. >> in the religious wing, he is shielded from the potential violence between jews and arabs that exist in other parts of the prison. but some inmates at rimonim have benefited from putting the conflicts of the outside world aside. >> translator: to resist someone because he is a jew, a muslim, a christian, it s...

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 this one, cook for themselves with the food they purchase from the canteen in kitchens located in in housing units and in some cases inside individual cells. >> translator: the food is -- reasonable. let's put it like that. we don't like everything. usually improve the food they give us. t...

That officials say goes even one step further, hermon. it might be a prison but staff refer to it in different terms. >> it's the largest therapeutic community in the country. >> this woman is a social worker. >> because hermon is a therapeutic community, we look at the inmates in a different frame of mind and we call them residents instead of inmates because they're in a community where we feel there is more respect for each other. >> the 600 men serving their sentences at hermon are divided into three residential therapeutic programs depending on their offense. there are wings for alcohol ab...

To prison. >> translator: as someone who was addicted to drugs, one of my things was a need for excitement. and today, in essence, the only excitement that i get here is through religion, through the torah, which gives me the tools i need for life outside. >> in the religious wing, he is shielded from the potential violence between jews and arabs that exist in other parts of the prison. but some inmates at the prison have benefited from putting the conflicts of outside world aside. >> translator: to resist someone because he is a jew, a muslim, a christian it doesn't work inside. >> he is pale...