due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ only slightly larger than the state of new jersey, israel is a country where the ancient world meets the modern. it is a nation of contrasts whose gleaming cities and resorts line one of the world's most volatile regions, where centuries-old conflicts can explode in unthinkable violence, and those same conflicts are reflected in the nation's prisons.

>> translator: i am a bedouin. you have to respect all of the customs, even if it's to die for the custom. >> it is a place where muslims are held with jews, where organized crime families challenge correctional staff for authority, where nothing is taken for granted. >> translator: there was an event where a motorcycle passed by and threw a grenade into the direction of one of the guard towers. >> now three israeli prisons open their doors to our cameras and we reveal unexpected sights inside. ♪

located on the mediterranean coast, tel aviv is the israeli version of the city that never sleeps. it is the nation's financial capital, and draws millions of tourists each year. 30 miles to northeast, however, is a considerably less popular landmark. rimonim, israel's largest maximum security prison. >> translator: the prison holds about 1,200 prisoners. here we have criminals convicted of murder, robbery, rape and many serious things. that makes it a difficult place to manage. >> while state terrorists are segregated in other facilities, rimonim only houses inmates convicted of violate crimes. as a result, security systems

here are constantly evolving. >> translator: today we have the highest level of technology in israel, and the aim is to have the highest level in the whole world, and we are always improving and always progressing. >> rimonim's security system includes electrified fences, 700 surveillance cameras, a central system to control every door and gate in the prison, and an enclosed dog run where a canine corps patrols the perimeter 24/7. but a collection of confiscated shanks to rival that of any american prison proves there is little to stop inmates determined to commit violence. >> translator: there is a greater risk of violence here, more than in other prisons, because this population, all in one way or another, has blood on their hands from outside. >> translator: i think that if

you're trying to pick an average, there's a fight every week. in most instances, they do use some kind of object. it's either a shiv, or sometimes even a shaving razor. >> but there is another factor at rimonim that keeps staff at constant alert, a violate inmate population mixed with political and religious tensions of the middle east makes for a potentially incendiary combination. >> translator: a few years ago there was an event when a motorcyclist threw a grenade in the direction of one of the guard towers on the edge of the prison. we found out one of the inmates wasn't happy with the treatment he was receiving, so he gave the order to one of his henchmen to throw the grenade. >> translator: this month, there is supposed to be the declaration of a palestinian state. we have residents from the occupied territories here as well as arabs from israel, and something can develop between the arabs and the jews in the wings. we have wings that are mixed with both minorities, and this can be the start of it. >> while rimonim is always

braced for violence, officials say they control it by not only accommodating religious and ethnic customs but by trying to make life relatively comfortable for its inmates. this palestinian muslim serving life for murder has done time at five other israeli prisons prior to rimonim. >> translator: when i came to this prison, i felt like i was in a hotel compared with where i had been previously. we have everything. nothing is lacking. we have a television, we have a radio, a cd player, dvds, fans, shelves. there's a cabinet where we put all our clothes, a shower. nothing is lacking. >> rimonim has two-man and six-man cells, all of which more resemble college dormitories

than american prison cells. and while most american inmates are not allowed to bring personal items beyond wedding bands or religious medallions with them, israeli inmates pack their bags before coming to prison. >> translator: you bring everything with you when you turn yourself in -- clothing, shoes, electrical appliances, cigarettes, hot plate, coffee, everything. you're allowed to bring everything. >> and for wahil abu ganin, serving 19 years for murder, the comforts of home go beyond material possessions. he shares his cell with three cousins and two others and has other family living on the cell block as well. >> translator: there are almost 20 of us here. it's normal. there is no problem with this. >> translator: there is no policy here that family members won't be together or that all the family members will be together. so long as it doesn't threaten the order and the rules, it could be that we'll let members of the same family serve time in the same cell block, sometimes even in the same cell, if we feel it contributes to the inmates' security and to our security.

>> translator: you feel like you're at home. here, we live together without all sorts of nonsense. >> translator: we take care of each other. >> while israeli citizens, they are muslims of arab ancestry, but they aren't just any ordinary family. >> translator: the arabs are organized around known crime families, gangs. someone who belongs to one of these families will be more dominant. he's influential. he gets a lot of respect from the other prisoners. wahil abu ganin is a very dominant prisoner who belongs to a very dominant family. >> when we walked into their cell, they greeted us, they offered us refreshments, which we are not allowed to accept. but for me, it was like being at the sopranos' house. it was just a very festive environment. it was a very social environment. but then you know that these people are capable of murder.

>> abu ganim freely admits to the murder that brought him to rimonim. >> translator: it was an assassination. my cousin was murdered. and in our family, it's a custom that if blood is spilled, it needs to be spilled on the other side also, and so the guy was killed. i'm a bedouin. my grandfather is also a bedouin. our customs are very strict. you have to respect all the customs, even if it's to die for the custom. >> translator: no, no, it's very hard, because with us, we respect the elders. that's basic. if they say a word, it's holy. the truth is, my family is certainly proud. i told you already, it's our custom.

>> inside rimonim, the abu ganims have gained a reputation as a formidable crime family. >> translator: when i came to prison, everyone knew our story, which family i belonged to. we have a background and we are a large family, a lot of members. there are almost 20 of us here. where we live, we have a very high status and everyone respects us. >> i felt like i was in a film, in a scene like from "go "goodfellas." all of them spending time together, cheerful, the whole family. they're cooking, they're proud, they have a lot of proud with what they did. >> translator: we try not to put two clashing families together. we separate them to eliminate problems. >> translator: they can't put two or three different families in the same cell block, because everyone feels that he's the top dog. that can escalate into a fight with very bad results, so it's preferable for them to put one family in each cell block. they manage their own affairs

and their people as needed. >> rimonim staff also sees a strategic advantage to keeping crime families together. >> translator: the moment that i have dominant prisoners in the cell block, i know, when needed, how to send them a message that they have to be straight and keep their people in line, and when there is a crisis, i use them as a mouthpiece to reach the rest of the population. >> but abu ganim maintains he plays a larger role in the prison than merely as a mouthpiece for officials. >> translator: at any second, there can be a problem between inmates, and that can turn into a fight. if there is an argument, they have to come to us. we adjudicate, and someone who breaks the rules -- gets punished. according to our language, according to the law. i prefer not to say.

>> commander shen has a different take on who maintains order in the cell block. >> translator: we are the ones who maintain order, not the prisoners. even though they may say otherwise, there's a very clear organization. there are rules for behavior for order that are very clear, and the prisoners know them. coming up, inside rimonim's religious wing. a former israeli soldier recounts his role in a military gang rape. >> translator: i held a cocked gun towards him. >> we discover the surprising benefit many israeli inmates enjoy. >> the idea of someone who had committed a violent crime and had a very long sentence being released for a few days was really surprising to us. >> and later, we head north for an exclusive look inside israel's only female prison.

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located 30 miles outside the modern, bustling city of tel aviv, rimonim prison houses inmates from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicities. still, there are plenty of reminders that it is located in the world's only jewish nation, a place where religion is paramount. one such reminder, mezuzah attached to every doorway. >> a mezuzah is two pieces of parchment. we believe it protects the door and the place you enter. people here have fought for them to be on their door posts. so we do our best in the prison to have one on every room and in every public place so that everybody who enters or exits will have this good feeling that there is somebody in the heavens who looks after him. >> while most american prisons have chapels and offer some form of religious services, rimonim

has an entire housing unit dedicated solely to the study and practice of judaism. >> translator: the religious wing is intended to provide an option for religious prisoners who request to, a, live a religious life on a high level, and b, to offer an inmate the opportunity to sit and study and to develop on a spiritual level, in order to offer him the tools for rehabilitation, not only during his imprisonment, but also after his imprisonment. >> inmates must apply to live in the wing and go through a probationary period to weed out those whose motivations are not religious. >> translator: the religious wing is a kind of sanctuary for a lot of the prisoners who do not get along with the regular inmates. so all of a sudden, they want the religious inmates because they are more easy-going. there are inmates who only want to come to the wing because it is a good place, it's quiet. we only give this chance to

those who deserve it. >> one of the inmates who has been accepted into the religious wing is yoni kirshblum. >> translator: once i had no idea about god and wasn't even willing to hear such a thing, that there was a god. >> kirshblum was originally sentenced to six years for being an accessory to a sodomy rape of another male soldier during basic training in the israeli army. >> translator: it took place at the zukim army base. a few friends who were part of the case with me grabbed this one guy, and i was actually the guard at the tent and the other guys did what they did to him, and i just, i held a cocked gun towards him. and in fact, i saw the incident and didn't prevent it. >> kirshblum began his sentence under house arrest, but he then committed robbery and was sentenced to an additional five years and sent to prison.

>> translator: as someone who is addicted to drugs, one of my things was a need for excitement. and today, in essence, the only excitement that i get here is through religion, through the torah, which gives me the tools that i need for life outside. >> in the religious wing, kirshblum is shielded from the potential violence between jews and arabs that exist in other parts of the prison, but some inmates at rimonim have benefited from putting the conflicts of the outside world aside. >> translator: to resist someone because he's a jew, a muslim, a christian, it simply doesn't work inside. >> shari khayed is palestinian. his cellmate is jewish. both are serving life sentences for murder. >> translator: we eat together, we play together, we work together. i love him a lot.

he is better than a biological brother. not everything you see on television works the same in prison, because in prison, we are disconnected from politics. we do not deal and concern ourselves with politics. what interests us is our life in prison. >> given the situation outside between palestinians and israelis, there's animosity, there is a conflict. i was actually surprised to see how they got together and actually became brothers. it was actually a pleasant surprise to see this. >> he says he discovered what a good friend khayed was 11 years earlier when both were housed in another prison. >> translator: i had an incident with a fellow jew. i stabbed someone who harassed me, and as punishment, they sent me to segregation. someone else came to mess with my things and shadi just stood there and insisted that nobody will touch my belongings. >> khayed even stood up to staff, a move that landed him in segregation as well.

>> translator: we stayed together in segregation for six months and what he did for me i don't think anyone else would have done. coming up, how the unusual relationship between israeli prison staff and inmates even extends to the kitchen. >> the officers were not at all concerned with the inmates tampering with their food. >> and -- >> translator: we usually improve the food they give us. >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm thomas roberts at world head quarters in new york. we want to take you to the live remarks of president obama. let's listen in. >> each and every one of you to my hometown. i understand some took a boat tour along the lakefront. chicago is a great place and we look forward to having you back again. as anders mentioned, so many people here in chicago trace their routes back to nato

countries. it's especially fitting that chicago is the first american city outside of washington, d.c. ever to host a nato summit. given the moment of silence we just observed i want to take the opportunity to salute admiral sabritas, general abrel, general allen and all of our men and women who are serving in uniform on our behalf. and especially those who are serving today in afghanistan. for over 65 years, our alliance has been the bedrock of our common security, our freedom and our prosperity and though the times may have changed the fundamental reason for our alliance has not. our nations are stronger and more prosperous when we stand

together. in good times and in bad our alliance has endured. in fact it has thrived because we share an unbreakable commitment to the freedom and security of our citizens. we have seen this from the cold war to the balkans, from afghanistan to libya. that's the spirit that we need to sustain here in chicago. with an alliance that's focused squarely on the future. when we last met in lisbon, we agreed to a bold plan of action to revitalize the alieliance an ensure we had the tools to confront a changing and uncertain landscape. we can reaffirm our article 5 commitment to our collective defense and to investing in the defense capabilities and new technologies that meet our collective security needs. in these difficult economic times we can work together and pool our resources.

nato is a force multiplier. the initiatives we endorse today will allow each of our nations to accomplish what none of us could achieve alone. we can all be proud that in lisbon we committed and now in chicago we are delivering. over the next two days, we'll meet first as al lilies and the with president karzai and our international partners to chart the next phase of the transition in afghanistan. just as we have sacrificed together for our common security we will stand together united in our determination to complete this mission. finally, i look forward to our meeting with nato's neighbors and our partners around the world who have been so critical to nato operations as in afghanistan and libya. it will be another reminder that nato is truly a hub of a network of global security partners. there is nothing else like it on earth.

so, again, thank you, mr. secretary-general for your outstanding leadership. thank you to all my fellow leaders and friends who are here. welcome to chicago. i'm confident that the next two days are going to help to sustain and strengthen the strongest and most successful alliance that the world has ever known. >> thank you very much, president obama. let me take this opportunity to express on behalf of -- >> president obama wrapping up his opening remarks there at the beginning of the nato summit. the president pointing out that chicago is the first american city to host a nato summit outside of washington, d.c. so certainly a big responsibility for the city of chicago. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker is traveling with the president. as the president brings up the beautiful backdrop that's chicago to host the city, we cannot overlook the nato protesters who organized a march

that are coming your way from grant park marching two miles there to have their voices heard. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, thomas. thousands of protesters, in fact, descended upon downtown chicago. this is the largest single organized protest so far. by the way, the protest started earlier in the week. we expect anywhere from 10,000 to 50,000 people to turn out. the messages of the protesters varied. in general they are opposed to wall street, the war, reverend jesse jackson speaking a short time ago. police urged protesters to come out and voice their concerns in an orderly and peaceful fashion. so far the protests have been peaceful and orderly. but there were five arrests -- five men arrested in separate incident for allegedly planning to make molotov cocktails to use throughout the weekend at the nato summit. that's the one sort of glitch that's happened.

so far, by and large, the protests have been peaceful. thomas? >> one of the things many protesters have turned out for is to voice their opposition to afghanistan and the unpopularity that the war suffers from in this country and internationally. that's going to be a big topic of discussion throughout nato over the next two days as well as discussing financial responsibilities for the international bodies that are going to see that, especially through the transition and now the stepped-up time frame of the military transition of power. >> that's right. you heard president obama reference that in his opening remarks that afghanistan will really be at the top of the agenda here. afghan president hamid karzai and president obama met in a one-on-one sideline discussion. the two countries have been fraught with problems. the challenge now is for the two leaders to work together to bring about the transition and

the troop withdrawal. i want to give you a sense of what came out of that meeting, thomas. we heard from president obama after the meeting. he said, quote, we still have a lot of work to do. there will be great challenges ahead. so really mapping out the fact that there is a lot that remains to be figured out. karzai said his nation is looking forward to the troop withdrawal so afghanistan is no longer a burden on the international community. they will be hammering out the details over the troop withdrawal over the next 48 hours. >> kristen welker joining us from chicago. thank you very much. i appreciate it. i appreciate you joining us. we'll send you back to our regularly scheduled program here on msnbc. have a good afternoon. a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups, it's back to more pain, back to more pills. the evening showings bring more pain and more pills. sealing the deal... when, hang on... her doctor recommended aleve.

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hi, everybody. good afternoon. i'm thomas roberts. here's what's happening. president obama spoke at the start of the nato summit in chicago. the president reaffirmed the strength of the nato alliance.

he and afghan president karzai spoke earlier about the planned pullout of troops from afghanistan next year. anti-nato protesters are gathering in chicago's grant park, the site of the president's victory celebration in 2008. police say the crowds are smaller than expected. now back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. israel's rimonim prison strives to rehabilitate some of the nation's most violent criminals, but their efforts must overcome the influences of a wide range of cultures. wadia abu amar is serving a 27-year sentence for murder, a family honor killing, which until now he has not publicly spoken about.

>> translator: i'm serving time for the murder of my sister. it's something that's hard for me to talk about. it's something very sensitive for me. >> abu amar says he shared a close bond with his sister, who at 22 was only a year older than he was when he killed her. >> when we asked him to speak about his crime, he grew very serious. his whole demeanor changed. he has to clear the room from his friends, he has to shut the door closed. he told us this is the first time he's going to speak about his crime in such details. >> translator: she met someone through the internet, and i didn't like that. i said if the man has good intentions and all that, let him come to our house, everything will be fine. she continued with it, and i

opposed that until one day i raised my hand on her. she went to the police and made a complaint. they took me, questioned me, and since then, she didn't return home. they took her to a shelter for battered women, and three years passed like that. >> but abu amar says his extended family felt his sister's actions shamed them, and that she deserved to die. >> translator: my uncles and all that, they put pressure on me. they decided that because of me, this problem happened and i need to do it, only me. i come from a bedouin family, and for the bedouin, it is not allowed to disrespect the family honor. she disrespected the family honor. in order to return the honor of the family, it was necessary to kill her. >> because she talked with a guy and she also ran away from home.

>> it took months, but abu amar eventually located the shelter where his sister was staying and lured her to him. >> translator: i tried to set up the meeting with her in a quiet place with no people, and that's where i kidnapped her. and i killed her. >> abu amar says his actions still haunt him. >> translator: i miss her a lot. a lot. there isn't a night that i don't think about her. i have other sisters, charming, most of them married. they come with their children to our house, sit, happy. we have a warm and loving home.

she could have been there, too. >> today, abu amar is housed in the domestic violence therapy wing of the prison and is receiving treatment and dealing with the consequences of his crime. >> translator: when he arrived, he was a bit more introverted. now he seems like a different person, a person who is more open, talking, laughing more. >> translator: our main function is to watch over the prisoners that the court has decided to convict in accordance with our legal system, but this isn't the only thing we do. we also need the imprisonment to be secure, pleasant and in good conditions in order to return them to the community and society as changed people. >> and that commitment to rehabilitation is reflected in

the name of the prison itself. rimonim is hebrew for pomegranate. >> translator: it's a fruit that contains many seeds. it demonstrates unity, being together. there are positive prayers in judaism that say, may we have as many privileges as a pomegranate has seeds. the name was chosen after a strong fruit that symbolizes goodness, and with the hope that we will always symbolize goodness in this facility. >> rimonim is not the only israeli prison whose name holds a special meaning. there is only one prison in the entire nation that houses female inmates. its name is neve tirza which means oasis of strong women. >> the most striking thing about neve tirza is that it is the only female prison in all of israel and it has 215 beds. to give you perspective, the state of virginia has approximately the same population as israel and six

times as many female inmates. >> we have all types, long sentences, short sentences, minors, old women. everybody is here, every kind you can think of. murderers, sex offenders, drug dealers, white collar -- >> you have white collar criminals with someone who's committed murder? >> right. >> like rimonim, neve tirza also places an emphasis on rehabilitation, and in certain areas could be mistaken for a college campus. but to this inmate, who shares a six-person, one-bathroom cell, it's definitely prison. >> translator: it's a very small room. it's insanely hot here in the

summer. there's only one fan, that's it. >> her cell was very homey. each of the inmates had their own sheets, they personalized their own area. they even had a fish tank. >> she is serving a two-year sentence for stabbing her ex-girlfriend's new lover with a pen knife. >> translator: i have no idea how this happened. i think that everybody has that fuse that just waits to flare up. so if it happened to me, it can happen to anybody. >> benisti stands out among other inmates by her tattoos, forbidden by judaism. >> translator: i have this one, which was "say my name, bitch." that was from "american pie." that's a movie. i almost died laughing. i'm a silly person like that, so i did the tattoo. >> benisti also stands out for her popularity with other inmates. she says she had never been in trouble with the law prior to coming to neve tirza, but was able to make herself at home here. >> translator: after about a month, i think, i became the queen of the wing.

i do a lot of things here. first of all, i have a job. i serve the food to people here, so you already have contact with everyone. i also help with the education. and i sing and dance. and as soon as i start dancing, everybody comes to me and says "teach me, teach me, i want to dance." and besides that, i'm a lot of fun. i'm funny. my prison time goes by like that, so i make it smooth for other people, too. >> neve tirza not only has a rec room for dancing, it has one other unusual facility, one we've never seen in any other prison, a petting zoo. >> what we found is that the treating of animals is something

very therapeutic for them. some of them were victims, their parents victims, so that helps them deal with those issues. people who have violent offenses learn how to be gentle and they learn how to respect a living creature. there's a dark room in there. there's a comfortable chair and an aquarium with fish that glow in the dark, and it's supposed to be a place for relaxation. >> translator: something inside of me really enjoys the silence, because for many, many years, i lived in a very difficult and emotional storm. >> valida sibet is serving 25 years for aiding and abetting murder. she and her boyfriend killed an elderly woman during a robbery. they were drug addicts and needed a fix. >> translator: i brought the rope that he used to tie her hands. i held her mouth with a shirt when he stabbed her. afterwards, i cleaned all the fingerprints. >> sibet has been in prison for more than nine years and says

she changed during that time and that the petting zoo has played a large role. >> translator: everyone connects to one of the animals. me, it's my bird. he reminded me of myself. he was really aggressive, just like i was when i came here. he used to attack. he just took out flesh from the girls. and with me, somehow, we found a common language and now we have a love affair. and the fact that i come and take care of them, it's a responsibility. >> sibet's progress in prison made her eligible for one of the most surprising privileges available to israeli inmates. they call it vacation, but it's actually a furlough program that allows inmates to leave the prison and stay with approved relatives up to several days at a time. sibet visits her sister.

>> the idea of someone who had committed a violent crime and had a very long sentence being released for a few hours or a few days was really surprising to us. but the focus in the prisons was on the idea of rehabilitation and the idea of prisons was to help reintegrate inmates back into society. >> translator: now i go out every 21 days. i have leaves of three days. i love every moment. i love taste, i love food, i love the experiences, the smells, people. they look at me in a different way. they don't see a person with horns. they see me as a human being. coming up -- >> playpens, cribs for babies, strollers. they painted for us and drew for us and they really put in a lot of effort. >> motherhood in prison. and later -- >> translator: i've never heard you describe yourself as wrong. >> it's not like i stabbed her and left. >> a 73-year-old inmate tries to make sense of his crime inside one of israel's most unusual prisons. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard."

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♪ locked behind the gates and razor wire of neve tirza, the only women's prison in israel, are three people who are unquestionably innocent. >> right now, there are three children here. one of them was brought here with the mother when she was arrested. two of them were born here. the mothers were arrested pregnant and they gave birth here and they live here with the babies. >> at neve tirza, babies can stay with their mothers until they turn 2 years old. >> pregnant inmates are released to civilian hospitals to give birth, but then must return as soon as they are able.

maria simolovic is here with her 2-year-old son. -- 2-month-old son. >> translator: we don't feel that we're in prison here in this room. it's very different from the rest of the rooms. playpens, cribs for babies, strollers. they painted for us and drew for us, and they really put in a lot of effort. we're comfortable. it's pleasant for us. >> still, simolovic says being in prison is difficult. >> translator: the truth is, it really is heartbreaking. you look outside the window, you see even a tree, a car, noises that you're used to. they're not here. you're isolated. it's really, really painful, really. >> simolovic was one month pregnant when she committed the crime that led to her four-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon. she stabbed a young woman, her former roommate, in the neck and face during a heated argument about an ex-boyfriend.

>> translator: i don't have the strength to explain it, really. it's long, it's complicated. in short, it was a case of jealousy. >> this is not simolovic's first involvement with prison. she was conceived in a russian prison during a conjugal visit between her parents. >> translator: my father was addicted to drugs all his life. and his whole life from age 12 he goes out, goes in. when my mother gave birth, she was visiting him. her water broke. and when they went to the hospital, they let my father out of prison, and it was exactly like when i gave birth, two guards, my mother and my father. >> if she participates in therapy and maintains a good behavior record, simolovic could be out of prison in a little more than a year. until then, she must cope with being separated from her

boyfriend, the father of her child. >> translator: there is like no shoulder to lean on, you know, to tell him the child did this, did that, the child smiled. it's impossible to share. sometimes i think if he could see this, what he does or something like that. >> but the couple does have visits. >> translator: every two weeks, a half-hour visit, and once a month, 12 hours when we go together to a room with a double bed and then, you know. >> inmates who prove they are in established relationships may have one conjugal visit per month. >> translator: i'm a little bit stressed. of course. to go once a month for a conjugal visit is -- now, another half hour. i don't think so. all he cares about are breasts, just breast milk. he still doesn't understand

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rehabilitation is a major focus of israel's maximum security prisons. both of which are located near the city of tel aviv. in northern israel, near the sea of galilee, there's another prison that officials say goes

even one step further. might be a prison but staff here refer to it in different terms. >> it's the largest therapeutic community in the country. >> arlene per etc., who i am ga inmigrated is a social worker. >> because it's a therapeutic community, we look at the inmates in a different frame of mind and call them residents as opposed to inmates, because they are in a community where they should feel there's more respect for each other. >> the 600 men serving their sentences are divided into three residential therapeutic programs depending on their offense. there are wings for alcohol abuse, drug abuse and domestic violence. and everyone is required to attend daily group therapy sessions. physical activity is also

encouraged. >> like being on a college campus, there was a lot of freedom of movement, there were very few heavy doors. if it weren't for the razor wire and orange jumpsuits you would never know you're in prison. >> translator: but this prison, don't make a mistake, it is a prison like every other prison. there's a mantle of strict security. we have fences. we have a k-9 unit and we have camera and television and closed circuit. we have patrols. we have a patrol on foot and we have an outside vehicular patrol. >> even know it is centered around the therapeutic programs, officials here don't take them lightly. >> the treatment is not easy. it requires from them not only courage but also desire, motivation, many prefer to go to a normal prison in order to not have to stay here and undergo

the pressures. those who complete the treatment seem to integrate well into society and those are the prisoners we want. >> it might be a tough road for 73-year-old simone derino, six months shy of completing his four-month sentence. today had family day at hermone, it's a chance to repair his relationship. his family was traumatized after he stabbed his wife several times during an argument in which he was drunk. his wife survived the attack but it not here today. >> i have to tell you that one of the things that is o so special about family day is the opportunity to see all of you with a child in your arms to see this family connection is simply critical. >> only recently entered the

alcohol treatment program runned by orally. >> translator: coming to terms with what you did isn't just about whether your family accepts you or doesn't accept you. the question is whether you're able to stop and tell them i acted in a violent manner, i stabbed and drank. >> but i already said that. >> translator: you think everything is all right if they sit next to you. he thinks it's enough and we can go on and everything will be okay and everybody will love me. >> dorino's rehabilitation must begin with him accepting responsible for his allegations. it's been an uphill battle. >> translator: i never heard you describe yourself as wrong. >> not like i stabbed her and left. >> translator: what does that matter, you stabbed her. >> i stabbed her i don't want to be responsible for her going to the hospital. >> translator: my mother is fine thanks to god. renot is one of dorino's eight

children. >> reporter: everything is all right, she lives with me. i have to support him because i know how he raised me an he did everything for us. he's a warm grandfather. he spoils his grandchildren and it's very hard for him but it's hard for all of us. it's an event that ruined the family. it's a nightmare for us. >> at his advanced age, it's difficult to say what his life will hold in store for him when he's soon released. but 34-year-old oleq is optimistic. he does a job. >> it's a privilege to work here. >> he's serving two and a half years for drug dealing and domestic violence against his girlfriend. >> oleg arrived very much afraid

with no confidence. he only knew violence and had a reacting violence. he had no way of expressing his feelings. he didn't even know how to describe what he felt. he was kind of i would say very hollow inside. a lost soul. >> cligman says his therapy helped him rediscover the one thing he did love. >> translator: you could say every moment with a guitar for me is joy, a holiday. i don't know. i think it's medicine for the soul. and i'll have it for the rest of my life. >> translator: i've discovered my feelings. when i came here, i was like ice. nothing moved me. today, today is a new world. that's because of this place and because of the group and the