. >>> you can watch this and other american artifacts programs by going to our website, csp cspan.org/history. these are some of the programs you will find on cspan 3. venture into is the art of good writing with steve pin ker. and jill la pour features the secret history of wonder woman. author pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. and on american tv on cspan 3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first ladies fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. for our complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> during this holiday season, we are showing american history programs. ahead, a number of programs from our american artifacts series. first, a look at the history of women in congress. then, a discussion about the battle of plattsburg in 1814. and later, what was fort mchenry like in the years after the "star-spangled ban

. >> we decided that csp could not be a place where inmates could get comfortable and make a life for themselves. we had to treat them differently. >> colorado state isn't just any maximum security prison. it's a super max facility. inmates here are considered a constant threat and are confined to single-person cells 23 hours a day. >> i was astounded by how sterile and stark and what tough time it would be to serve in that particular prison. i think that would be the hardest time possible. >> many of the inmates we spoke to agreed. they say the isolation is too much. >> i've been here a long time. i've seen a lot of guys, seen them snap, you know? any given day they can snap. >> 23 hours a day you're locked down. you come out for five hours a week. essentially it's just another cell. it's a dead room with a pull-up bar. there's one small window. everywhere you go, handcuffed, handcuffed to go in the shower. you have no human contact with nobody at all. >> but roy slagle has had more contact than most inmates here. it's just been all the wrong kind. at the time of our shoot, he held a

connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/csp facebook.com/cspanhistory where you can leave comments, too. and check out our upcoming programs at our website. c-span.org/history. >> and we would like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern for reel america, featuring archival films. join us as these films take you on a journey through the 20th century. that's reel america every sunday at 4:00 p.m. here on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday fistivities start at 10:00 a.m. on c-span with the lighting of the national christmas tree, follow eed by white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. and celebrity activists talk about their causes. then at 8:00, supreme court justice samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. on c-span 2 at 10:00 eastern, venture into the art of good writing with steve pinker and

follow us on twitter @c-spanhistory.om/csp connect with us on facebook at n facebook.com/cspanhistoryor you can leave comments, too. and check out our upcoming we programs at our website, c-span.org/history. >>> here on c-span3 all this c week we're featuring american -s history tv programming and we'do like to get your thoughts on our shows e-mail us at americanhistorytv@c-span.org to leave your comments and t suggestions. >>> we'd like to tell you aboutu some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern for a look at history bookshelf.ecade ta watch as the country's best-known american history writers of the past decade talk about their books.sa that's history bookshelf every n saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. c holiday festivities start at 10 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span be with the lighting of the ecorat national christmas tree.io followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama. a

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