May 05 Watch In Calif. Town, Prison May Fix One Employment Problem, But Create Another The small California farm town of Mendota is struggling to diversify its economy, which revolves around seasonal agricultural work that creates times of very high unemployment. University of California, Berkeley student Alissa Figueroa reports on one solution that could also… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch News Wrap: Security Forces Recapture Some Afghan Inmates In other news Tuesday, security forces in Southern Afghanistan recaptured at least 71 inmates who fled from Kandahar's main prison Sunday night. More than 480 prisoners escaped after Taliban militants tunneled into the jail. Also, Thai and Cambodian forces clashed… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Convicted Texas Man Cleared by DNA Test After 30 Years in Prison Cornelius Dupree was sentenced to 75 years in prison after being convicted of rape and robbery at age 19 in 1980. After 30 years behind bars, new DNA testing proved his innocence and a Texas judge overturned the conviction and… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch Washington Inmates Help Protect Endangered Frog, Prison Budget As part of our NewsHour Connect series showcasing public media reporting from around the nation, Jule Gilfillan reports for Oregon Public Broadcasting on a program that has inmates working on environmental projects to conserve water and help protect endangered spotted… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Supreme Court Examines Overcrowding in California Prisons By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch The Rise and Fall of Tom DeLay On Wednesday a Texas jury found former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) guilty of laundering corporate money into political donations. Texas reporter Laylan Copelin discusses DeLay's fall from leading the U.S. House to being convicted of money laundering. Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Shahzad ‘Extremely Defiant’ at Sentencing for Failed NYC Bombing Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American man who confessed to trying to set off a bomb in New York City's Times Square, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for the plot. Jim Lehrer talks to WNYC reporter Alisa Chang who was… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch American Released From Iranian Prison, 2 More Still Jailed Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers who were arrested and accused of spying by Iran, was released from prison on $500,000 bail after being held for 410 days. The fate of the two others remains in limbo. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Iran Frees One Jailed American: Will Other 2 Face Trial? Iran has freed one of three Americans held in the country for more than a year on accusations of spying. Jeffrey Brown talks to two analysts on the region for insight into Tehran's decision. Continue watching
Sep 01 Pulitzer Winner Natasha Trethewey Looks ‘Beyond Katrina’ By Molly Finnegan Poet Natasha Trethewey's latest book, "Beyond Katrina," is a personal account of how the people of the Gulf Coast region, including her family, have lived with the threat and consequences of natural disasters for generations. Continue reading