long time. >> for charles taylor and michael brehm, a change in mindset and attitude is evident afternsive rehab at pendleton. but tomorrow, staff will start all over again with the 300 teens who still remain behind bars. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> america's prisons, dangerous, often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day is a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down on your feet! down! >> among the nation's toughest, california state prison corcoran. severely overcrowded and plagued by racial tension. we spent months inside where officers try to maintain order with an institution with a notoriously violent past. this is "lockup - corcoran: extended stay."

one was a conviction of the former president charles taylor in 20 children. he was charged with aiding and abetting war crimes during the brutal civil war in sierra leone. the current vice president is on trial at the hague. he is accused of organizing ethnic violence following the 2007 election in which around 1200 people died: the icc has faced criticism for targeting african war lords rather than pursuing crumbs in other parts of the world. he is writing a book about the role of the international criminal court in africa. thank you very much indeed for joining us, phil. tell us first of all, why does the international criminal court have just in its entre, a list of african alleged war lords? >> i think the icc thought that africa was going to be easy. it started its work in africa because it thought that it could get result there. this was also about the icc trying to make its mark. >> do you think that was i will advised because at the outset, there was a wave of enthusiasm in african countries for the icc and now there is res he wantment or disaffection

. >>> nicklas is an international war crimes lawyer who helped prosecute charles taylor, and joins us do you think about this sentence? it has been a four-year trial. some victim's groups saying the sentence should have been stronger to send a tougher message. >> well, i think that germane should feel relieved today. he was convicted ultimately by the trial chamber of homicides, of murders of destruction of property and looting. and there were approximately 200 victims, and the court talked abc the vulnerability of victims including children. so while 12 years is a significant sentence. considering what he could have faced i think he should feel relieved. >> he wasn't found guilty of rape or sexual slavery or using child shoulder, even though the judges accepted that did happen. does that mean the quality of evidence was lacking? >> it's very difficult to get evidence on these. i don't think -- i think it's very hard for someone not involved day-to-day in the evidence to judge where things went wrong or could have gone better. but the icc is an idea that was set up that is rather idea