i am a bedouin, so you have to respect all the customs even if it is to die for the custom. it s 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 in the direction of one of the guard towers. now three israeli prisons open their doors to our cameras, and we reveal unexpected sights inside.
week. in most instances they do use some kind of object. it is either a shiv or sometimes even a shaving razor. but there is another factor at rimonim that keeps staff on constant alert. a violent 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. it was 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 wing. we have wings that are mixed
so this would be a wonderful place to shutter a flock or store grain after the summer perfectly no risk of camp. and for a young woman giving birth no draft. a trip to the holy land is as much a journey of emotion as it is of distance. after the birth of christ there is so much sadness here. the little town where the baby was wrapped in swaddling clothes now itself is wrapped in bashed wire. where the shepherd he is stood guard over their sheep there are guard towers now and gun towing soldiers. it is possible to look past today s troubles a historic sight through the bible inspires all to walk the streets where jesus walked gaze on the landscape to touch the stones
electronic fencing cameras. they started pulling out guard towers. that s when my plan developed. a lot of anxiety. because now you re going to be a hunted man. we started out with three. the last guy in the chain couldn t make it over one of the fences. went down the rope on the outside wall and as soon as his feet hit the outside of the wall, he broke his leg. we discussed a broken leg, what was going to happen. he knew at that time i was going to have to leave him. i did get him away from the wall where he had a chance. once i was away from here, it felt pretty good. i m not going to lie. i covered close to 30 miles the first night. traveled out until i hit a small town. i scoped it out right before it turned daylight. i noticed the car business, a mechanics business. i know from prior experience, a lot of mechanics when you bring the car there, they ll have the customer leave the keys in the ignition. i tried a few cars, found one that ran and took that one. after i had got in the
every man wants his freedom. king only got beyond the wall for a few hours an inmate we met at iowa state penitentiary came close to making a clean break. from the day i stepped in there i had been looking for a way out. martin moon is serving a life sentence for killing a man in a dispute over drugs but he insists he s not guilty. me being an innocent person, i ve been compelled more than, say, the person that knows they re guilty and then found guilty, i feel they tend more to lay down and do their time and accept the punishment. that s where i m not willing to lay down and accept the punishment. moon saw his chance to make a break when the 150-year-old prison began modernizing its security system. the prison came up with a plan to cut back on expenses so they was going to put in new electronic fencing and cameras and they started pulling out guard towers and that s when my plan developed. moon and a partner fashioned a rope out of upholstery from