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Asked to describe what jail or prison is really like. our field producers spend so much time on the inside, we thought we would ask someone for a fresher perspective. this is a production assistant. >> the first thing i remember was the smell. it wasn't particularly bat. jacob hector said it was a standard jail smell. you will smell this at every facility. >> it's like a damp smell. like wet clothes that you left out and you didn't hang them to dry. that's the smell of jail. a lot of wet socks. >> in cincinnati, ohio, d' andre found a way to turn his socks into jail house air fresheners. >> yo...

>> i had an interview with him, ran upstairs, got him to reread the statement -- >> it is possible for them to go through the wall at some point? >> it is possible for them to go through the border. >> i ran downstairs, and some of my newspaper colleagues were standing there still puzzling over the statement, and i said, "i think the wall is down." >> joe alacastro is one of nbc news's field producers in berlin that week. >> we knew right then and there, we were probably sitting on the biggest story of the latter half of the 20th century. >> then there was a competitive situation, you look aro...

Addiction in every prison we visited. >> that's the first thing they do when they come in here, tattoo their body up. >> tattooing's cool. it's a fun thing to do. >> some of them don't make a bit of sense but they have them on there, they're covered. they all want them. >> i've got a couple years on a grave stone down here, a couple of my prison years, just a bunch of evil, crazy stay stuff. i was going through a bunch of stuff at that time. >> go to almost any prison in america and you'll find an amazing assortment of tattoos. >> it's gotten to a point where we have a standard question that o...

Ffa behind bars, tattooing is more than a favorite pastime, it's a passion, if not an addiction in every prison we visited. >> that's the first thing they do when they come in here, tattoo their body up. >> tattooing's cool. it's a fun thing to do. >> some of them don't make a bit of sense but they have them on there, they're covered. they all want them. >> i've got a couple years on a grave stone down here, a couple of my prison years, just a bunch of evil, crazy stuff. i was going through a bunch of stuff at that time. >> go to almost any prison in america and you'll find an amazing assort...

The statement -- >> it is possible for them to go through the wall at some point? >> it is possible for them to go through the border. >> i ran downstairs, and some of my newspaper colleagues were standing there still puzzling over the statement, and i said, i think the wall is down. >> joe alacastro is one of nbc news's field producers in berlin during the week. >> we knew right there we were probably sitting on the biggest story of the latter half of the 20th century. >> then there was a competitive situation, you look around saying cbs is not here, abc is not here, cnn is not -- we've got i...