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someone. >> but mico doesn't see himself as a pimp so much as a protector and guardian angel to lost and wayward souls. >> because i'm more -- ever since i experienced the prison experience, since i've been out, i've been totally on a spiritual path. >> yeah, i kind of see myself as like the kwai chang caine of the adult entertainment industry. if you know who that is, that was a kung fu master from a series back in the '70s. i try to show those that are lost, i try to guide them back into the light. i try to teach them martial arts and transcendental meditation, yoga and stuff like that. any girl i'm associated with, i try to build them up. i want them to feel strong. i want them to feel empowered, you know. i want them to eventually do something else, go to school. but i think they need someone like me currently to show them the way.
aka mico, is cuffed on suspicion of pimping. >> technically, i feel i'm doing a good thing by protecting someone. >> but mico doesn't see himself as a pimp so much as a protector and guardian angel to lost and wayward souls. >> because i'm more -- ever since i experienced the prison experience, since i've been out, i've been totally on a spiritual path. >> yeah, i kind of see myself as like the kwai chang caine of the adult entertainment industry. if you know who that is, that was a kung fu master from a series back in the '70s. i try to show those that are lost, i try to guide them back into the light. i try to teach them martial arts and transcendental meditation, yoga and stuff like that. any girl i'm associated with, i try to build them up. i want them to feel strong. i want them to feel empowered, you know.
>> while some inmates have their ink work done before getting locked up -- >> this is the outline of arizona with the building with the flag. i got that in the army. >> -- we met plenty of others who get their tattoos on the inside. >> i got this knocked out in prison. the name of the project is 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 i was very surprised when i asked the warden what the inmate on staff, the assault stats were. >> translator: in the six years that i have been the warden here, we have not had any such cases. it might seem improbable to you but we did not have any such cases. i put a lot of stress on the prison staff treating the inmates decently and the inmates strictly observing house rules. so if anything happens, it's sporadic. we really do not have many problems here. >> i remember my first day when i come here, it's for me like a horror movie. but, it's okay. >> we met one english speaking 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
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 crew headed deeper into serbia and found a prison that except for the razor wire was almost a natural paradise.
it's addiction recovery 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 other thing when you've got a guy sitting across from them, right, that's been there. that can totally relate to what this guy's saying. >> in addition to helping his fellow inmates, rusty hopes his efforts may influence his parole. >> i worked my points down through the years after coming into a level 2 facility, and i've been to the board 17 times. i've received 17 one-year denials. i've been disciplinary-free for
>> in a motel on the edge of detroit police make a routine bust for prostitution. >> get your shirt on. >> and ex-con mitchell braddock, aka mico, is cuffed on suspicion of pimping. >> technically, i feel i'm doing a good thing by protecting someone. >> but mico doesn't see himself as a pimp so much as a protector and guardian angel to lost and wayward souls. >> because i'm more -- ever since i experienced the prison experience, since i've been out, i've been totally on a spiritual path. >> yeah, i kind of see myself as like the kwai chang caine of the adult entertainment industry. if you know who that is, that was a kung fu master from a series back in the '70s. i try to show those that are lost, i try to guide them back into the light. i try to teach them martial arts and transcendental meditation, yoga and stuff like that. any girl i'm associated with, i try to build them up. i want them to feel strong. i want them to feel empowered, you know. i want them to eventually do something else, go to school.
♪ 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 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 dramatically transformed his life. >> not everybody in the penitentiary system are bad apples.
prison experience in serving their country. >> reporter: trump's republican opponents jumped at the chance to denounce his comments. jeb bush. >> this is a legitimate hero that has served his country in lots of ways. and mr. trump knows that. he should just aapproximately jazz.approximately -- just apologize. and move it on to the next thing. >> marco rubio. >> it is offensive. absurd and disqualifier as commander-in-chief. >> lindsey graham joined by mccain this afternoon. >> to anybody that suggests john and his fellow pows are lacking in the title of being called american hero, you shouldn't be our commander-in-chief. because you don't know our military. >> ted cruz who stands to benefit if trump gets out of the race would not take a position. >> i recognize that folks in the
candidate for president. >> reporter: senator mccain himself took the high road. >> i think he may owe an apology to the families and of those who sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. >> he lost. he let us down. >> reporter: most republicans piled on trump and rallied to mccain's defense. >> this is a legitimate hero that has served his country in lots of ways and mr. trump knows that. he should just apologize. >> it's not just absurd, it's offensive and ridiculous and i do think it is a disqualifier as commander in chief. >> reporter: but one candidate didn't join in. ted cruz who visited trump last week blamed the media. >> i know people in the press love to see republican on republican violence. you want me to say something bad about trump i'm not going to do