Many. It doesn't bother me.
I loved to fight. It was in my blood.
I am, in a way, a killer, but we have hearts too.
Turn to the wall. Raise your hands.
We will conduct a pat-down search
in case you have anything forbidden with you.
Okay, put your hands down. Turn to me.
We can go in now.
You have to be naked for this search.
Open your mouth.
Tongue up and down.
Look to the left. To the right.
Take off your underwear.
Slightly lift up your genitals.
Okay. Okay. Turn around.
Squat.
Cough.
Good.
Go in there.
Stop by the wall.
Stop. Stay.
Put on the trousers and shirt. Okay.
Come with me.
This is the new one.
Remove your shoes.
Come in.
Let's make your bed.
Let's make your bed right now.
Look. This is how it has to be.
Hold it there.
Don't talk too much while we're making the bed!
Slip it under.
Take it here.
Pillow.
It's done.
Did you bring cigarettes? You smoke?
Did you bring anything?
What type of vest is this?
You like me to take it off you?
Do you enjoy cleaning windows?
Give him that newspaper.
Bring him this bottle.
It has to be kept clean in here.
- Hmm. -Is there a problem? Come on!
You need to do as you are told.
Because this is prison.
Not kindergarten.
Don't wave your hands around when you're talking to me.
But I don't allow that in front of me.
For murder and organized crime.
And this is our cellmate Muharem.
NOT WORKING
No.
Fourth.
Approximately 13 years.
Robberies, grievous bodily harm.
Many things.
If I was asked to set three cars on fire,
then I would send two or three guys to get it done.
It's a transaction.
If someone bothers you, you want me to hurt him,
to set his car, house on fire,
simply to destroy him.
I had a lot of stuff.
Money, good cars,
a lot of weapons, a lot of drugs.
A lot of women around me.
Many.
It's funny because it's nothing unusual for me.
It doesn't bother me.
Am I sorry?
I am. One time a murder happened during a robbery.
That man shouldn't have been killed. I feel very sorry for that man.
Report.
You are not doing it right. You should do it like this.
Like this.
Let's empty these. Bring that one.
Bring the other one too.
Yes, I'm here from five to 12.
I get 100 euros monthly.
This salary is enough for a prisoner to live decently in here.
We can buy, uh, fruits,
uh, toothpaste, and all the other things we need.
I want to learn how to become a chef.
Well, maybe I could become a chef when I get out.
Yes, I'll try that. If it works, it works.
I think differently now than how I used to think.
I have a healthier mind and thinking.
I got into the work habit here, since I never had an honest job before.
I've changed a lot. I'm not the same person anymore.
Let's go around. Come on.
Trust me, the purpose of this arrangement,
the areas that we isolate prisoners who constantly disobey
the rules and regulations,
is that while in there, the prisoners can learn that only their own behavior,
good behavior,
will result in improvements and rewards.
They have to learn and understand this lesson on their own,
during their time in here.
Uh, I can say that for the prisoners,
it is much easier now to serve their sentences.
Whereas it is harder for us as guards to work.
It's a collective effort to help the prisoners
who have committed crimes on the outside
to rehabilitate during their time here
and become ordinary law-abiding citizens who will obey society's rules.
You can choose.
We had a bad, poor childhood.
Poor childhood.
Our dad is a member of the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
and he was left disabled.
The poverty, mostly.
Because the country was at war.
Our dad couldn't afford all the things that a young boy or teenager needs.
So, we decided to go it alone and chose this path.
We lost our way, and to this day, there are consequences we regret.
Going to eat those sausages?
Do you drink coffee?
Let's go have a coffee.
You can't stop just anywhere to drink coffee.
Normally everybody has his spot for drinking coffee, for eating, etcetera.
We drink coffee here.
After the war, many things were available,
such as weapons, just like today.
Today you can also find weapons, all kinds of weapons as a bargain,
as a present.
-We each formed criminal groups. -Yes.
On his side and my side.
We scared them so they would work for us.
Day after day, "I want this. I want that."
And day by day, you are in it deeper and deeper and deeper.
It was never enough. Here, it's called greed.
Really a lot. I used to act impulsively,
but I've started thinking differently now, that actions have consequences.
Before, I loved to fight. It was in my blood.
Now I know that each fight means a punishment.
So now I think about things before I do anything.
All of us here can use the gym.
You and I?
If you lose, you'll have to pay for the coffee.
Everybody's having a nice time here.
Here it is clean and tidy. Those guys are all good guys here.
They are into sports. They train, work and have their families.
It's like a paradise in here.
By behaving nicely. By working.
This is the best place, but you have to have a brain to end up here.
In prison, you have to fight.
But over time, a man improves and realizes it is better to be here
than over there in solitary, and then he calms down.
Let me get changed.
- Come this way. - Oh.
How is it going? My new roommate is here.
I had a roommate with me
until he made one mistake, so he was kicked out from here.
Well, you get, for example,
for one month, you can get five days out
to see if you are ready for them to let you out.
That is a big privilege.
After these five days, I do my best to not make any dumb moves.
Never with drugs.
No drugs.
You protect people so no one touches them.
When they reject, they do not want, and then you do whatever you can
to make him take the offer.
Many of these deeds,
some I've been sentenced for. Some I have not.
So, I am who I am.
But can I tell you what helped me the most in prison?
This is what can help.
Dear Allah, Koran, Islam.
Now, when I get out, I'm going to Europe
because Bosnia is poor.
There is no money here.
Europe is full of money, so there will be more money for me.
Well, the same way as before.
That's how life is. That's how I choose to do it and how I will continue.
I will never change.
Well, because I'm honest. I'm not like all other cowards.
I am a person from the streets.
Prison did not change me. It can only make me worse.
Yes.
Nice to meet you.
Murders.
One murder took place in the year 2000.
And the other two,
the second took place in 2003 and the third in 2004.
Four.
Two were killed for money.
That is all I can say.
This was a man who was…
a war reporter during the war.
I was hired by two people to obtain some footage
and seize it from the person I ended up killing.
I was an official.
Then I chose a criminal path. That was my mistake.
I'm not dangerous. I'm not violent.
I am, in a way, a killer, but we have hearts too.
I am made of flesh and blood, just like you.
I did do it.
I know that no one and nothing can compensate
for the family member that has been killed.
Even if they imposed a death penalty on me,
that wouldn't bring back the people I killed.
Let's say that
in two or three years, it'll be halfway through my sentence.
I hope I'll be in good health
and that I stay in my right mind
when my freedom comes.
My only goal is to develop trust with prisoners,
and the main role of the prison, the goal we've achieved,
is to transform the prisoners' lives.
When you give somebody trust, believe me,
the majority of the prisoners somehow keep their word better
than most people on the outside, ordinary citizens.
As for the ones who want to create problems and don't respect the rules,
if they don't want to help themselves, then the management can't help them.
What I have observed is that the majority of prisoners
who get out on parole
are really ashamed to return to prison.
To become honest men and to forget their bad deeds.
That is really hard, but we have more and more prisoners
who are accepting that way of thinking and are moving in a positive direction.