they invented a new word, penitentiary. the root word is penitent, the first attempt of humane treatment of a criminal. it was a very quick inspired idea and deep down everyone was perfectly good in this building that person would have a chance to reflect on their life and become penitent and change themselves through the feeling. but a great question is how do you make someone confront the decisions they've made. we will spend a lot of time in the cell box addressing that. but what were out here take a quick look around i'd like to show you some of the architecture of this place. when it first opened in 1829, the architect of the building, a young british man one a $100 price to design the thing. you wanted this to look hundreds of years older than it was. so, he goes with the revival style, the arrows the windows, even all of this fagade you have to imagine this the way of philadelphia and would have in the early 1800s. first off, you'd hopefully be seeing this from about 2 miles away. the city today is totally surroundin

, penitentiary, penitentiary.now, i realized that it was you guys that needed me the most. and i let you down. and you know, man, i'm a dumbass. and i've learned through the years, and the years that we wasted apart that there is a light, no matter how dim it may seem. it's hard to stay in the tunnel and watch for that light and go for that light. it's much easier to not give a [ bleep ]. i'm going to tell you this right now. i know you. and i can see the water in your eyes even when you're smiling, and i know how much pain and how much anguish you're going through right now. i don't want to see your whole life gone. if you get 20, 25, whatever, i'm going to call that a blessing. if you get lucky like that, then you need to walk this walk, and walk straight out that door and not come back like this. over and over again. >> i don't want to get caught up in that neither. and that's not my plan. it never has been my plan. you know what i mean? yeah, we all get discouraged and we all do things. we're human. man, we ge

san quentin, state penitentiary. on june 20, sunday evening, across the united states, jehovah's witnesses sent telegrams to president wilson, condemning what happened. the very next morning, monday, june 21, wilson pardoned all four, and they were immediately released from prison. what i just described to you this morning are the first two legal battles of jehovah's witnesses, but they are certainly not the last. the last time we were in front of the supreme court of the united states was in 2002. that had to do with litigation between jehovah's witnesses and the town of stratton, ohio. during the 1990's, the municipal authorities of stratton had insisted that jehovah's witnesses obtain written permission -- written permission -- from the municipal authorities before they could go door-to-door. efforts were made to try to resolve the conflict but to no avail. the matter was taken to court. jehovah's witnesses actually lost in the district court and in the circuit court as well and then took the case to the supreme c

my uncle worked for new folsom or something to do with the folsom penitentiary.y biological father worked at tracy at one time, and now works at a women's prison in chowchilla. my mom right now currently is getting ready to retire from tracy prison. she's not a cop, she's an accountant. she works for the corrections department. >> when kirkpatrick left his gang, he asked his family to take him back. >> all these letters i have all over my bed right here, 90% of those are from my mom. >> but there are complications. kirkpatrick's past makes it impossible for him to even keep pictures of his relatives, including his mother. >> oh, i don't want one. my mom don't like the way she looks in pictures. i said, it doesn't matter, i'm your son, it's not like i'm going to go around showing it. she's like but what you don't understand is i work for cdc. i don't want my picture going through and people might recognize me or know who i am. i was like all right, i understand. and that's [ bleep ] up because that shows that she's ashamed of me. you know what i'm saying? that's t

so they were sent to atlanta penitentiary and other penitentiaries across the united states pending deportation. but cuba would not accept them back. so those people were -- some of whom were in detention from 1980 up to, you know, the late 1980s, early 1990s for basically for very low-level offenses, and they were in essentially indefinite detention. in 2005, the supreme court says you can't just hold people indefinitely. but actually more recently, in the last month or so, the supreme court had a decision saying that immigrants don't have a right to bail hearings. so the issue is whether these people, the mariel cubans, were considered as being at the threshold of the country and therefore, not having due process rights. even though they had lived for years in the country, had u.s. citizen children, they were, you know, by any common sense of the word, they were in the territory of the united states. but there's the legal entry fiction. they were considered to not having been in the united states, and therefore, didn't have the constitutional protections. so i think the question of indefinite

penitentiary area. later a conversation on journalism and the civil rights movement with investigative journalist jerry mitchell. >>> on october 12, 2000, 2 al qaeda suicide bombers attacked the navy destroyer uss cole. in humans aydon harbor. killing 17 sailors and injuring 39. the naval criminal investigative service and the fbi led a joint investigation into the bombing. last month, the national law enforcement museum hosted two former ncis special agent who shared their experiences working on the

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. >> i'm 20 years old and i was sent to the penitentiary. we asked the trustee what was wrong and they told us the guard took a mattress so we decided to protest that same night we were put in solitary about 6 feet wide. they put 20 in solitary and that night, one of the fellows panic another guy panic so we decided to cool down and we asked the sheriff to head us out. and their positive relocated. >> [ singing ] [ singing ] >> the very basic right to vote in our country is seemingly in endless change of violent. >> the lord gave me a paper to fill out of the very best i could and after i turned them in i left and as i was leaving, i group of white men interfering with some of my friends and i got away as quick as i could. >> my name is curtis, i was born and raised in mid county. i was in liberty mississippi on the way to the courthouse to register to vote. me in noxon moses. we met three white men, and one of the men jumped on moses and began to beat him. >> he was the father of some nine children, 54% [ null ] . he tried very hard to give

"democracy in america,", one on penitentiaries and there was one that was about race. tocqueville and beaumont were going to write a book together but somewhere along the journey they decided not -- to write separate pieces. really interestingly they both wrote home about this. beaumont said, i'm about to embark on the work that will immortalize me. who has read marie? oh really? that is amazing. and tocqueville wrote to his brother, "i don't know, i am finishing up here. i might be able to write something respectable." is acracy in america" great classic. the commentary is comical. weber wrote some things. his most famous work, the spirit of capitalism, is about america. theas a list in two essays, first before he came to america and the second after he returned. it really is. his quintessential embodiment of the spirit of capitalism, anyone know who it is? benjamin franklin. it is about america. he wrote an essay called protestant sects, all based on his time in america. it is interesting. originally it was meant to be part of, the third part, but for whatever a reas

later, a tour of philadelphia's eastern state penitentiary that opened in 1829 and was the world's first penitentiary. >>> attorney general william barr will testify before the house and senate judiciary committees on the miller report. live wednesday and thursday, may 1 and second c-span, on c- span3, c-span.org and you can listen to it on the free c- span.radio app. >>> next on c-span3's american history tv, kent state university professor elaine frantz talks about what it was like being arrested in the second half of the 19th century compared with the current prison system. this class

he spent 11 years in a federal penitentiary and was recently convicted of a bank robbery he says he didn't the lam ♪ >> and the crowd went wild. i was america's most wanted man. thanks. that's the crowd. unfortunately, they're a captured audience. >> torres used to sing in a band on the outside, but he's probably better known for being a prolific bank robber. now he's pursuing a literary career working on his autobiography. >> yeah. it's "the bank robber blues, the tales of the mummy bandit." it's pretty good. i've got a couple guys here. i let them read it, and they are kind of my critics, and they say it's a page-turner. it keeps the reader interested. it doesn't take a genius to figure out how to write when you lay it down. if they can do it, i can do it. i'm working on it. i'm just getting warmed up. i have a lot more to go. i'm like in 1985 right now. >> but for now torres puts his book aside to help out his cellmate ryan abbey. >> basically what you want to tell them is that you need help, buddy, okay? >> yeah. >> you've got a problem. we both know that. what you told me, i read the

. >> king was put to death at the state penitentiary in huntsville. he was the second man. a third man is spending life in prison. >>> measles cases has climbed to the highest level in 25 years. health officials say it's largely because of misinformation turning parents against vaccines. new york has reported 61 cases since last week. according to an "associated press" count, that pushes this year's national tally past the 66 cases reported for all of 2014. the cdc says it's reviewing and validating the latest reports. >> i hope parents realize that measles can be serious and making sure their children receive this safe and effective vaccine is important. >> roughly three-quarters of this year's illnesses have been reported in new york, mainly new york city and nearby rockland county. most of those cities have unvaccinated people in their orthodox jewish communities. the cdc recommends the vaccine for every american over the age of 1. >>> police in california who say a driver who plowed into a crowd of pedestrians did not say why he did it but indicated it was intentional.

he could face time in the state penitentiary. >> concord police confirmed that they have several leadsade an arrest. in concord, luz pena, abc7 news. >> thank you.

he was shot and killed by james earl ray, a fugitive from the state penitentiary.ted him several months late zbleer one of the best players in the nba knows what it's like to be an underdog. now warriors superstar steph curry has a camp for young players with big hoop dreams. it provides the tools and the mentorship that could help propel them into professional basketball careers. nbc's joe fryer takes us inside the program. >> reporter: like an undervalued stock, these high school basketball players feel there's room to grow. >> i'm underrated and resident to play. >> a lot of people say that i was overlooked or i wasn't really noticed in a crowd, and i'm here to make a difference. >> reporter: they've come to a basketball camp that's part of the underrated tour launched by a player -- >> what's up, dog? >> -- who was once in their sneakers, steph curry. >> everybody sees the finished product and us as nba players, but they don't get to see or hear about or understand the journey. >> reporter: in high school, curry was a scrawny, undersized kid, barely made a blip

during the civil war, the arsenal, and we had a penitentiary here, was often visited by president lincoln. he wanted to see the new design. after his assassination, those buildings in the middle of the post, the cream-colored building was a courthouse. the places where -- were held. there was such a fear at the time mobs would take them out and kill them immediately. they were put on a barge in the river to protect them. obviously, the courtroom, they were found guilty and the hanging took place across the street from where the officers club is. for us, the civil war era was one of the involvement of the president and sadly the place where the judgment after his assassination. following the spanish-american war and as the united states prepared for a bigger role in the world, it was a time president roosevelt was looking ahead at our role in the world. it was mentioned root was charged with rethinking the structure of the army. the first intent was, and this was in 1899, to establish a war college, not to promote war, but to preserve peace. the intent was to enhance military professionali

penitentiary area. later a conversation on journalism and the civil rights movement with investigative journalist jerry mitchell. >>> on october 12, 2000, 2 al qaeda suicide bombers attacked the navy destroyer uss cole. in humans aydon harbor. killing 17 sailors and injuring 39. the naval criminal investigative service and the fbi led a joint investigation into the bombing. last month, the national law enforcement museum hosted two former ncis special agent who shared their experiences working on the uss cole investigation. >> good evening, good evening. welcome to the national law enforcement museum. we are thrilled to have you here tonight. my name is lori sharp day. i'm the interim ceo of the fund. and i would like to thank target, would like to thank target for making these sponsorships for these wonderful programs possible. >> [ applause ] >> i am very happy to introduce steve pomerantz, former assistant director in chief of counterterrorism for the fbi. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> thank you, lor

officers, and there's some that's skunk, there's some that's biased that got put in the federal penitentiary for making those racist texts. >> i also wanted to speak to what they did to our public defender. but first, it's not a good sign what you heard about the january 2018 incident. this is not something where the facts are in dispute. they admitted this was a rap sheet in the newspaper, and indeed, the president of the p.o.a., marty o'halloran, he took the sheet in. he could have been investigated. there are elements in this department that clearly over many years feel they can do what they want for political purposes. we should not dance around the context here. it wasn't just some theoretical political dispute. eight years ago, the public defender released video that showed serious criminal conduct by members of the sfpd. and for that, while he was alive, he got relentless abuse. the officers said we believe the officers in that incident will be exonerated. when those officers were indicted, the p.o.a. said these indictmented are apparently based -- indictments are apparently based on

i spent several years if federal penitentiary. it slowed me down but i can't stop. this person lives and works in the tenderloin with their partner. the tenants in my building are all senior citizens and many voice fears to leave their building on a daily basis. my partner is harassed on a daily basis and assaulted twice in the street. this is from a mother who was once on the other side of this expressing concerns for her son. tit's not fair to him all of the drugs are right here. he can't walk alone, ride his bike or go into stores. these corner stores deal drugs. why? why only here? this is a tenderloin resident who is a senior. i've been in recovery for the last 15 years or more. i really don't need to see all of the sales on turk street all day long. this one is from a tenderloin resident and father who is part of one of our immigrant communities, expressing concern for young family member who grew up in the tenderloin. it started with marijuana and now he sells other drugs. this is a kid. he drew up here. grew up here. he lost everything to this problem and no

copper forming an abortion for any other reason was subject to 10 years of hard labor in the state penitentiary. when historians go back and look at what actually happened, we found that when physicians performed abortions, even in louisiana because they were worried about the health, we found they were never prosecuted. technically the law was pretty strict, we found that courts didn't really intervene. sometimes we have to be very mindful of the difference between what is written in the law and how the law is practiced in society. this is an important moment for historians to intervene and see what was happening. you may recall from the essay we read that there was a reason why these laws were passed. do you recall who initiated the campaigns to criminalize abortion at all stages of pregnancy? who wanted these laws? specifically, before hospitals are a big deal, who in hospitals? initially, you are very close and that will come up, especially in the 1950's. it is during this 100 years before, it is largely physicians who want criminal abortion laws. who is providing most of the abortions in t

. >> this is what you live for in the penitentiary. >> you want to think it's funny. >> tough [ bleep ]. >> never a dull moment. >> we send our producers and crews inside prisons. their job is to be objective observers. but in the first week of filming inside limon correction facility in colorado, something unusual happened. we inadvertently became part of the story we were covering. >> why is everybody getting agitated? >> we were in ad seg, administrative segregation, the prison within a prison. we started hearing inmates screaming out things and i started to hear them talking about cho-mos, which are sex offenders and then mayhem erupted. [ bleep ] >> >> i believe he threw a liquid substance under the door that smelled somewhat suspicious and we're going to report that. >> jonathan hall, serving 40 years for murder, was one of the first inmates to make it clear we weren't welcome in administrative segregation. >> unless he does calm down and follow our rules and orders, he'll be cell extracted. >> inmate hall won't calm down. so they call in the special response team. and they suit

he could face time in the state penitentiary. >> concord police confirmed that they have several leads but they haven't made an arrest. in concord, luz pena, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> witnesses helped catch a murder suspect in morning in pittsburg. sky 7 was over willow pass road there was some sort of dispute between the suspect and a victim. the suspect showed up at a business to confront the suspect. there was an argument. police say posey went and got a gun and shot the man several times. witnesses kept posey from escaping until police arrived. >>> funding for new san francisco muni trains is on hold tonight after a woman was dragged on to the tracks. this video obtained by the san francisco examiner shows the woman getting her hand caught in the door of the train earlier this month. he was dragged on to the train tracks below. abc7 news reporter chris reyes is live with why officials are still keeping those trains in service. chris? >> good afternoon. extra scrutiny now that this video shows exactly what happened to that woman. but muni officials insisting to us that these trai

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. >> the facility in northeastern pennsylvania is described as a high-security penitentiary with a minimumtellite cam. manafort was sentenced earlier this year to seven and a half years in prison. >> right now, the supreme court is hearing oral arguments on the 2020 census battle. this is key. the question in dispute, should every member of the u.s. population be asked about their citizenship status? big political implications. >> huge, right? this is a critical decision. the census not only shaped congressional seats and districts. it also determines how billions of dollars in tax money are issued. jessica schneider is outside the court with more. the oral arguments are going on now. i know there have been protests outside. for americans hearing this for the first time, break down how important this is and what happened after the oral arguments? >> the oral arguments started at 10:00 this morning, and this is important decision wise and time wise. that's because this court has essentially been given a 60-day window to decide this important question here. government attorneys say they need

people across this country, especially from marginalized communities, the reason they were in the penitentiarydismisses them, you can get into the policy whether it makes sense or not. but the idea that you're saying let's restore these rights, but you're saying their vote doesn't matter, comparing what's happening to black and brown young people to the boston marathon bomber is almost insulting. so far, he's tripping a little bit. but he's growing. >> did the passing on the first step act, does that help president trump with nonwhite voters? >> i don't think so. it's gutless. it's a nice gesture. take the kardashian wests of the world to come in to the white house. we heard the way he spoke about chicago and we hear the language he used in describing black and brown people in particular that i don't think folks will fall for that. one thing he has going for him, 13% of black men voted for him he speaks and he doesn't care. he's off-the-cuff. he's breaking from the mold. >> except he's lied 10,000 times according to "the washington post". when you speak and you don't care there's a problem. >>

and then usp is, united states penitentiaries.hose are the places where they withcally sent people long sentences or who cannot get along with other prisoners. peoples remember that as writing me letters trying to help them get out of there. host: with respect to the detainer issue, this speaks to people having other things going on in the states. the prisons know they have this going on and no one is making an effort to resolve it. i am not allowed to give legal advice given my disbarment. hopefully this gentleman's family member will try to apply for credit. what i think, i will tell you a personal story. guest: i came from a place called brick, new jersey, maybe 100,000 people at the most. at one point, i was a public defender in the town. when i got arrested, when i got sent to prison, my house had rocks instead of a lawn. weeds grew to the rocks. officer writes a ticket to the house which is linked to me. everyone knows i am in prison. rather than connect with the prison to figure that out, they go and suspend my license and

and it's set in this fictional penitentiary. wow.oppingly violent. it was a men's prison. it probably should be. but, you know, it kind of announces the idea that hbo is going to get very serious about doing scripted dramas. >> it's finished. it's over. >> but hbo really in my mind comes into its own in 1999 with "the sopranos." ♪ ♪ woke up this morning ♪ got yourself a gun >> "sopranos" just is one of those shows that was a benchmark of change. it changed a lot of things for everybody. >> throw out the handbook. tony soprano, the lead actor in a drama, he killed a man. we watched him. he took his daughter on a college tour. >> pretty, huh? >> yeah. >> it was just a melding of a guy and a world -- >> what the [ bleep ] you doing? what the [ bleep ] you doing? >> and a behavior that promoted all the feelings that you would have for a guy that you love in a guy that you hate. you know? >> "sopranos" came on tv and it really showed us the future, whether we realized that was going to be the future of television or not. >> this husband o

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