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Fountain. and i was a little shocked, to turn my head and see peacocks on the yord. the prison yard itself. the further we got actually onto the prison grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds that you would never think would be living here. how are they here? >> translator: we breed those. they aren't wild birds. >> does it have a positive effect...

Centuries. on one busy downtown street is a flashpoint of warsaw's volatile past, mokotow prison. >> been to over 20 american prisons. they're usually located in remote areas far from cities for security reasons. so we're on these busy warsaw streets and we turn and these massive blue doors open up and we enter into this facility. and when we were inside and i was standing on prison grounds, i would look up and see apartment buildings surrounding us, businesses. >> the prison was built in 1904. it used to be called the place of no return. between world war ii and the fall of communism in 1989,...

And i was a little shocked to turn my head and saw peacocks. on the yard. the prison yard itself. the further we got actually onto the prison grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds that you would never think would be living here. how are they here? >> translator: we breed those. they aren't wild birds. >> does it have a positive effect on the pr...

Among inmates and staff alike. michele ellis is a rookie officer in training. this is her second week working on prison grounds. >> my husband, you know, was kind of skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something that i really want to do. >> i've always had a passion for law enforcement. that's just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. they thought, okay, mommy is going to be a cop. that's cool for them. i don't think they really understand everything that's going on. you have to remember to stay firm, fair and consistent. you can't really treat anybody any different. they'r...