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See flowers, beautiful flowers in bloom and gardening, inmates planting other plants and laundry hanging out and it's almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds you would never think would be living here. how are they here? >> translator: we breed those, they are not wild birds. >> does it have a positive effect on the prison? >> translator: yes, of course. >> how about for the staff? >> translator: on them, too. animals, nature in general are pleasant to look at. >> narrator: peacocks are one thing, later on the tour we were blown away by what we saw n...

But later on the tour we were blown away by what we saw next. >> we want to see their yard, where the guys exercise. and at first, you know, i saw weights. but i'm used to seeing that in every prison. and then there's this beautiful pool. this olympic size pool that the inmates swim in. >> have you been in any other prisons? >> translator: yes, yes. >> do they all have pools? >> translator: no, no. >> just here? >> translator: yes. >> you would never see this in an american prison. it is too easy for an inmate to drown another inmate or hurt a staff member. you're not going to see it. i was st...

Pleasant to look at. >> peacocks are one thing. later on the tour we were blown away by what we saw next. >> we went to see their yard where the guys exercise. and at first i saw weights. i'm used to seeing that in every prison. then there is this beautiful pool. this olympic size pool that the inmates swim in. >> have you been in any other pools in prison? >> yes. >> do they all have pools? >> no. >> you would never see this in an american prison. it is too easy for an inmate to drown another inmate or hurt a staff member. you're not going to see it. i was stunned by that. >> the unusual sigh...

>> a lot of people wouldn't imagine getting out there and swimming in that stuff. but we're following a different swimmer swimming in a different spot and swimming for 24 hours straight. i can't swim a few laps in an olympic size pool. this lady swimming 24 hours straight. it seems like this could be impossible. >> impossible. this summer, she is doing it right now off the coast, off the florida coast. wait until you hear her age. it just adds to how amazing this story is. a live report from the site of her marathon swim after the break. a few years ago i got a wake up call.

This olympic size pool that the inmates swim in. >> have you been in any other pools in prison? >> yes. >> do they all have pools? >> no. >> you would never see this in an american prison. it is too easy for an inmate to drown another inmate or hurt a staff member. you're not going to see it. i was stunned by that. >> the unusual sights here that apparently have only just begun. >> we were on our way up front and i noticed the long line of inmates. they all had their bags. i asked the guy what's going to here? they explained that some of these guys have the privilege and the right to go home f...