Nation Jul 25 Watch Calif. Inmates ‘Prepared to Starve Themselves’ to Protest Indefinite Isolation Calif. Inmates 'Prepared to Starve Themselves' to Protest Indefinite Isolation…
Arts Jun 05 One Photographer’s Experience Documenting Mentally Ill Inmates Minneapolis photographer Jenn Ackerman spent months in the Correctional Psychiatric Treatment Unit (CPTU) of the Kentucky State Reformatory to learn about the experiences of prisoners with mental illness. By Victoria Fleischer
Politics Sep 20 Watch Troy Davis Case in Georgia Rekindles Debate Over Death Penalty A parole board in Georgia has rejected clemency for inmate Troy Davis, who is slated to be executed Wednesday. Uproar over the case has revived questions about how the death penalty is applied. Gwen Ifill talks to The Heritage Foundation's…
Politics Oct 13 Watch Can Death Row Inmates Get New DNA Tests? The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in case involving a Texas death-row inmate who wanted to gain access to additional crime scene evidence for DNA testing. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explains.
Dec 18 Watch DNA Evidence Frees Florida Inmate After 35 Years A Florida inmate has become the longest-serving prisoner to be exonerated using DNA evidence. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
May 11 Watch Calif. Wildfires Battle Rages On with Some Unlikely Help Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye, of KCET-TV Los Angeles, reports on the continuing efforts in Santa Barbara to bring a recent spate of wildfires under control and the lesser-known people who are helping fight that battle. Continue watching