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And he's excited to see him. >> this type of one-on-one between an inmate and his child is rare in most maximum security prisons. where visits typically take place in a large common area, choked with noise and distractions. but napier's session is in a private play room. it's part of the prison's fatherhood program. >> the fatherhood program is great, man, because i get to spend a lot more time with my son. i get to come in this visitor room. and in this visitor room, everything's great. it's one-on-one. me and him, running around here, playing ball. >> the monthly visits are carefully monitor...

All of a sudden just falls off again. so i am not really going to get my hopes up. last time i seen him. he couldn't walk, couldn't talk. nothing. i can't wit to see him. >> he clings to the hope that the visit will take place. his cellmate, brad napier is enjoying one of his regular visits with his two-year-old son, brad junior and his son's mother. jessica corn. >> say, touchdown! >> touchdown! >> bradley talks abbout his dad. he pulls up. sees the guard tower. that's daddy's house. daddy's house. great, he sees the guard tower and razor wire and thinks of his dad. in a sense that is his dad...

It's hard to explain. i sometime wonder if she even wants to see me again. i mean, i don't know. it's hard to put into words, but i'm happy about it. >> finally, vladimir and alexandra are reunited. though zabela was like no prison we've ever seen, the warden claims the unusual atmosphere here is effective. >> translator: it was a conscious decision. the area you've seen didn't exist before. we renovated it. as for the park, the sports facility, we built all that to make the serving of sentences here easier. i must say that we haven't had any major problems so far. there is only sporadic viole...

Is rare in most maximum security prisons where visits typically take place in a large common area choked with noise and large distractions but napier's visit is part of the fatherhood program. >> it's great, man. because i get to spend a lot more time with my son. i get to come in this visiting room and everything is great. it's one on one, me and him running around here and playing ball. >> the monthly visits are carefully monitored by the coordinator. >> they have a responsibility, is what we're teaching them. even though they are in prison that doesn't give them a cop out not to be a dad. >...

America's most hard-core maximum security prisons since the year 2000. in 2009 we went behind the walls of prisons overseas for the first time on "lockup: world tour." we discovered that while many of the challenges facing these prisons were the same, the differences were startling. that was especially true when we visited prisons in belgium. among other things, we learned that when an inmate escapes from a belgian prison, authorities will try to catch him, but not charge him with an additional crime. >> the law that says the effect of escaping is not a crime. but they can do another crime. fo...