today is family day at hermon.or the prisoner it is a chance to repair his relationship with his children and grandchildren. 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 is not here today. >> translator: i have to tell you that one of the things that is 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. >> he only recently entered the alcohol treatment program. >> 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 are able to stop and tell them i acted in a violent manner. i stabbed, i drank. >> i already said that. >> translator: you think everything is all right if they sit next to you. >> it is enough. admit it. we can go on. everybody will love me. everything will be okay. >> she says that his rehabilitation must begin with him acce

he holds an inmate job at the hermon prison shoe factory. >> translator: it is a privilege to work here. >> he is serving two and a half years for drug dealing and domestic violence against his girlfriend. >> translator: he arrived in the community very much afraid with no confidence. he only knew violence and how to react in violence. he had no way of expressing his feelings. he didn't even know how to describe what he felt. it was kind of -- i would say very hollow inside. a lost soul. >> he says his therapy in hermon helped him rediscover the one thing he did love. >> translator: you could say that every moment with the guitar for me is joy. a holiday. i don't know. i think it is medicine for the soul. and i will have it for the rest of my life. i have discovered my feelings. when i came here i was like ice. nothing moved me. today -- today it is a new world. that's because of this place. and because of the group and the counselors and everyone. they save lives here. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> the young actor is accused of a heinous crime. >>

. >> he says his therapy in hermon helped him rediscover the one thing he did love. >> translator: you could say that every moment with the guitar for me is joy. a holiday. i don't know. i think it is medicine for the soul. and i will have it for the rest of my life. i have discovered my feelings. when i came here i was like ice. nothing moved me. today -- today it is a new world. that's because of this place. and because of the group and the counselors and everyone. they save lives here. . . . . >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> the young actor is accused of a heinous crime. >> they were saying that i shot both of them and decapitated one of them. >> a male inmate and his girlfriend await trial on charges of rape. >> me and my boyfriend had a threesome with another woman and she turned around the next day and said that we raped her. >> a drinking problem sends another inmate to prison. >> we left the bar. and what essentially happened was i ended up running my boyfriend over with a car. fleeing and trying to get away. >> and a convicted killer with a