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Encouraged. >> it was like being on a college campus. there was a lot of freedom of movement. there were very few heavy doors. if it weren't for the razor wire and the orange jump chutesuits, would never know you weren't in a prison. >> this prison, make no mistake, it is a prison like any other prison. there's a mantel of strick security. we have fences, we have a canine unit. we have camera and television and closed circuit. we have patrols. we have a patrol on foot and we have an outside vehicular patrol. >> and even though it is centered around its therapeutic programs, officials here don'...

>> 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. >> to resist someone because he's a jew, christian, muslim. it doesn't work inside. >> he is palestinian. his cellmate is jewish. both a...

>> i don't have the stroent explain it, really. it's long. it's complicated. in short, it was a case of jealousy. >> this is not her first involvement with prison. she was conceived in a russian prison during a conjugal visit between her parents. >> 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 birth she was visiting him. her water broke. when she went to the hospital. they let my father out of prison. and it was exactly like when i gave birth. two guards, my father and my mother. if she participa...

I do a lot of things here. first of all, i have a job. i serve the food to people here. so you already have contact with everyone. i also help with the education. and i sing and dance. and as soon as i start dancing. everybody comes to me and says, teach me. teach me. i want to dance. and besides that i'm a lot of fun. i'm funny. my prison time goes by like that. so i make it smooth for other people too. >> she not only has a rec room for dancing it has one other unusual facility. one we have never seen in any other prison. a petting zoo. >> what we found that is the treating of animals can be...

I prefer not to say. >> the commander has a different take on who maintains order in the cellblock. >> we are the ones who maintain orders, not the prisoners. even though they may say otherwise. there's a very clear organization. there are rules for behavior for order that are very clear. and the prisoners know them. coming up, inside the prison's religious wing. a former israeli soldier recounts his role in a military gang. >> i held a cocked gun towards him. >> we realized the surprising benefit many israeli inmates enjoy. >> the idea of some one that committed a violent crime and had a se...