gaylen like his wife worked as an english teacher. a former firefighter, for years he enjoyed his life in moscow. now, though, he was a foreigner in a russian detention center. >> the prisoners have their own rules. if you don't go along with it, then they mark you. you become what they call a red inmate. i've been attacked by a number of individuals who group together because i don't conform to their criminal lifestyle. despite my illness, i went for several months without any medical intervention whatsoever. i was harassed by guards on a constant basis. >> reporter: forbidden from writing in english, he turned to his hobby as an cartoonist to convey his experiences to anna. >> when gaylen was put -- was first arrested, he started drawing this cartoon bears that he would send to me in his letters because i call him bear. he's a bear in them and he just uses them to show what's around him and how he feels. there are sad bears. there are happy bears. there are bears that are sleeping on the floor. i've been here for 62 days. i only got