. >> valida sabbat is serving 25 years for aiding and abetting murder.friend killed an elderly woman during a robbery. they were drug addicts and needed a fix. >> translator: i brought the rope that he used to tyler hands. i held her mouth with a shirt when he stabbed her. afterwards i cleaned all the fingerprints. >> sabbat 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. >> sabbat's progress in prison made her eligible for one of the more 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