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His time and how to create a life behind bars. we've encountered a number of prisoners who have made an unusual choice. they are not only openly gay, but for all practical purposes, function in prison as women. >> i'm the most popular one. they call me countess, the countess, above all. because i look more female like than any of the other ones here. i don't lift weights. i don't do any of that stuff. i just be me. i flirt. oh, god. i flirt, yes. >> but there's another side to randi stemper. he is serving a 25-year sentence for attempted murder. >> i shot somebody for stupid reasons. >> what? ...

Life behind bars. we've encountered a number of prisoners who have made an unusual choice. they are not only openly gay, but for all practical purposes, function in prison as women. >> i'm the most popular one. they call me countess, the countess, above all. because i look more female like than any of the other ones here. i don't lift weights. i don't do any of that stuff. i just be me. i flirt. oh, god. i flirt, yes. >> but there's another side to randi stemper. he is serving a 25-year sentence for attempted murder. >> i shot somebody for stupid reasons. >> what? >> i shot them for getting me...

But the trick behind it is try to not do it that way and still get the item. >> though it's against the rules, stemper has found ways to engage in another activity that makes life in prison more tolerable for himself and other inmates. >> it's easy to have sex in prison and know what the guards are looking for and know how to get around that. places, cameras, guards. you can have friends who are a guard away from some place so you can get into some place. have the sex and then come out before the guard turns around and comes back. there are staircases, closets, other people's cells. it's kind ...

I flirt. oh, god. i flirt, yes. >> but there's another side to randi stemper. he is serving a 25-year sentence for attempted murder. >> i shot somebody for stupid reasons. >> what? >> i shot them for getting me the wrong bottle of vodka, stole his truck, an 18-wheeler. >> in this previously unaired footage, stemper claims to use his sexuality to manipulate other inmates. >> you target people with weaker minds. easier targets. kind of like what i would be in a rougher prison. i target that and start talking and flirting with them. to them it's like having a woman in here. so they are willing to...

And flirting with them. to them it's like having a woman in here. so they are willing to give up more things. doesn't have to be sexual. it's just a presence. you know, i know what's in their mind. but the trick behind it is try to not do it that way and still get the item. >> though it's against the rules, stemper has found ways to engage in another activity that makes life in prison more tolerable for himself and other inmates. >> it's easy to have sex in prison and know what the guards are looking for and know how to get around that. places, cameras, guards. you can have friends who are a g...