and james is here in washington d.c. a family of an inmate recently died from cobain while being held in north carolina wasn't informed of his death by the bureau of prisons and to over 100 days after it occurred we talk about coping in prisons we often only focus on the guards the staff and inmates but how has this crisis affected the families and communities surrounding the u.s. present system. well thank you for that question and has a son a. a father who currently is serving a sentence in a georgia state prison i've known too well what that impact does my father got colvin i could see we were not able to know really know what the status of your health was you know legal counsel is not able to visit these inmates we have complaints of people not even being able to get the kind of recreation. accustomed to serving time so you know this situation is exacerbated the ice is on the wire many of ways which is what between izing just i frankly just in so there must be action taken action taken now to not only state not ours but also to save money every single person in this country the pr