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Does what it can to make life here tolerable. serving six months for a white collar crime, he asked to remain anonymous. >> we are small country. we are not rich country like america or like england. this condition for our country is okay. it could be better, but it's okay, this prison experience. i'm going to be another man. i'm going to be looking about freedom in another way. to appreciate freedom. to appreciate to walk in the park. to drink coke. to see birds sky. freedom is freedom. that's all. >> while cz's urban setting and concrete surroundings make some long for simple pleasures, our ...

>> we're not the best singers. joyful noise. >> whether it sounds like somebody running over a cat with a lawn mower or not. >> since fry has appealed his death penalty sentence, it is not clear when or eveb if he'll ever be executed. >> 15 to 20 years down the road, that will be decided. as with all death penalties, it's a controversy. >> i'm not afraid of death. when i die, i go to my maker with a clear conscience because i have accepted him as my savior and i have asked forgiveness of my sins. to die is easy. to live is hard. >> robert fry isn't the only inmate whose prison experience has d...

And now, now it's just about getting through the day without crying, and i'm scared. i'm still scared. i'm scared that i'm not myself in here, and i'm scared that i am. >> that was a scene from "orange is the new black." we're back with piper kerman, whose memoir is the inspiration for the hit netflix series. join me at the table, jeff smith, former missouri state senator who went to federal prison for campaign violations. jeff, i wanted to have you here, you and i spoke before. i read about your prison experience, and you said you had read the memoir when you got to federal prison. >> yeah, i...

Somebody before i came in here. i was somebody with a life that i chose for myself. and now, now it's just about getting through the day without crying, and i'm scared. i'm still scared. i'm scared that i'm not myself in here, and i'm scared that i am. >> that was a scene from "orange is the new black." we're back with piper kerman, whose memoir is the inspiration for the hit netflix series. join me at the table, jeff smith, former missouri state senator who went to federal prison for campaign violations. jeff, i wanted to have you here, you and i spoke before. i read about your prison experie...

People struggling to get a job and have criminals in their social network are aware that they can deal with doing a bid. and perhaps they have to do a bid in order to be respected by some of the people in that network. and the impact extends beyond those specifically incarcerated. when we pull men away from their families for doing drugs it, makes it harder for their family to survive clickly and increases the potential for the man or woman's children to become criminals themselves. if inmates demystify the prison experience and earn money that helps draw others into criminal behavior. mass in...