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Those who go to prison are far more likely to break the law again which is why 40% of former federal prisoners and 60% of state prisoners are rearrested or sent back within three years. these massive recidivism rates suggest prison is failing in helping to create crime. how? there are a myriad of ways. spending time in prison diminishes legitimate employment opportunities. when you get out, it's hard to find work. it also diminishes your self-worth especially for those brutalized and or raped in prison. it strengthens your bonds with deviant people and weakens bonds with the law abiding commun...

Orient heights. the building i grew up in is 191, fairwood ave.. >> everything that i got is a prison tattoo, actually. >> i heard somewhere prison tattoos are like the prison experience. it hurts when you're getting them, it's bloody, some scabs and bruises but when it's all healed up and it's all said and done, there's something left over. >> nice back piece, ain't it? get your back piece on camera, baby! huh? showing off your work, son. >> yeah? >> huh? >> there's better tattoo artists in prison than there are out on the street. >> where did you get those tattoos? >> wherever the cops aren'...

Inmate who agreed that the staff 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 som...

Counseling. >> it's a four-month program which is a state-of-the-art addiction treatment program. it's the first one ever in the world as far as we know that's completely run and has counselors who are inmates, who are trained inmates. >> it's one thing to sit across the desk from somebody in a suit and tie who's not in recovery, who's never been there that doesn't have know the first thing about getting busted, going to a county jail or going through a prison experience. it's a whole nother thing when you've got a guy sitting across from them that's been there, that can totally relate to what...

♪ then when we first begun ♪ amen >> 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 even 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 onl...