May 01 Watch News Wrap: Flooding may have triggered gas explosion at Florida jail By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 29 How high incarceration rates cost states and shatter communities By Murrey Jacobson The documentary profiles the path of four people caught up in the cycle of Kentucky's criminal justice system. The four come from Beecher Terrace, a housing project in the west end of Louisville where one out of every six… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch A new probation program in Hawaii beats the statistics By PBS News Hour Hawaii probation program successful in reforming offenders and keeping them out of prison. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Author explores how Pussy Riot arrest marked new phase in Russian politics By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch Vermont gov. confronts deadly heroin crisis as public health problem Vermont gov. confronts deadly heroin crisis as public health problem… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Money and Ethics Paul Solman continues in his three-part series on ethics and corporate America with a report on the behavior of stock analysts. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Barbour’s Parting Pardons, Some for Convicted Killers, Stir Furor in Mississippi After days of controversy, a Mississippi judge moved Wednesday to block some last-minute pardons made by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour. Barbour had issued pardons to more than 200 felons, 14 of them convicted killers. Margaret Warner discusses the reaction to… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch Supreme Court Weighs Constitutionality of Routine Jailhouse Strip Searches Do routine jailhouse strip searches for people accused of minor offenses violate the Constitution? Supreme Court justices heard a case Wednesday centering on that issue. Judy Woodruff discusses the case, which pits privacy rights against security concerns, with The National… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch In Defense of Flogging: Controversy Over Prisons and Punishment Peter Moskos argues flogging as an alternative to sending people to prison. Continue watching
Jul 20 Is Flogging a Better Option Than Prison? German soldiers flog a Russian villager while fellow villagers are forced to watch. This photograph was found on a dead German soldier. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. A new book by Peter Moskos is as provocative in name as… Continue reading