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 News Hour 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
Oct 05 Bush Defends Detention Policy, Says U.S. ‘Does Not Torture’ By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush defended his administration's detention and interrogation policies Friday and denied the use of torture against terrorism suspects. Continue reading