Jun 08 Watch 6:04 Two killers on the run after remarkable escape from maximum security By PBS NewsHour In upstate New York, two prisoners from the state's largest maximum security prison were discovered missing Saturday. Since then, police have swept the town and countryside, searching for the two convicted murdered who cut through cement walls and steel gratings… Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 8:38 Criminal justice is so broken, Democrats and Republicans are working together to fix it By PBS NewsHour The U.S. accounts for just 5 percent of the world’s population, but it houses more than 20 percent of its prisoners. Now groups on opposite sides of the political spectrum are working together to overhaul the country’s criminal justice system. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Without funds to pay fines, minor incidents can mean jail time By PBS NewsHour Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay? Special correspondent John Carlos Frey takes an… Continue watching
Feb 18 UK continues to issue ‘whole-life’ prison sentences, despite human rights concerns By Bridget Bowman The British Court of Appeal ruled that judges should continue issuing “whole-life” prison sentences. The ruling overturns a European court decision that said such terms violate a prisoner’s human rights. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch Sunday, November 24, 2013 Iran agreement and a get-tough program that's keeping many probationers out of prison. Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Calif. Faces Tough Choices on Overcrowded Prisons Spencer Michels reports from California on the state's effort to comply with a Supreme Court ruling to alleviate overcrowding in the state's prisons. Continue watching
May 23 Watch 7:34 Divided High Court Orders Calif. to Ease Overcrowding in Prisons Divided High Court Orders Calif. to Ease Overcrowding in Prisons… Continue watching
May 23 Watch Divided Supreme Court Orders California to Ease Prison Overcrowding The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that the living conditions in overcrowded California prisons threatened inmates' health and violated constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment. Ray Suarez discusses the outcome with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle, who was… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch NAACP Report Says Shift in Funding Toward Prisons ‘Failing Us’ A new report shows states are devoting larger portions of their budgets to prisons. Continue watching
May 21 Obama Details Strategy on Gitmo Detainees By PBS NewsHour President Barack Obama defended his decision to close the Guantanamo prison camp Thursday and pledged to work with Congress to develop a system for imprisoning detainees who may need to come to the U.S. if they can't be tried or… Continue reading