amy: renee feltz, put this in a national context. >> it is not just pennsylvania.t every state across the country has thousands of inmates in their presence you have hepatitis c. many of them do not even know they have it because the prisons do not provide testing. there have been class-action lawsuits not only in pennsylvania in addition to what mumia and his attorneys have filed, but class-action lawsuits in tennessee where there is another limited number of prisoners who are able to get the treatment can also in massachusetts and minnesota. new york has done a little better. they have increased funding by about 350% to provide these life-saving hepatitis c drugs to prisoners, including robert seth hayes, with the former black panther and considered a political prisoner. he was able to be cured of hep c when you got the treatment in new york, but has many dust he has many, many other problems with his health. he is elderly and still pushing to be granted parole. he is been denied 10 times. juan: for prisons at this cost, and with so many inmates suffering from he

correspondent renee feltz for that exclusive interview. was speaking with a woman calling herself maria, now in arlington, texas, with a security bracelet -- monitoring bracelet around her ankle. special thanks also to ana fores tamayo for interpreting. juan: at least five families have been held for a full year in the berks residential center in pennsylvania while their asylum case is appealed, even though they could be released, like maria, to live with immediate family members and relatives in the united states. senator bob casey, a democrat from pennsylvania, recently wrote a letter to department of homeland security head jeh johnson saying -- "the women and children currently in detention, in many instances have come here from some of the most violent nations on earth, often escaping rape, murder, and domestic assault. these families deserve a fair opportunity to seek asylum. they do not deserve to be treated as criminals." casey's staff is set to visit berks as early as this week, possibly with staffers from other offices. amy: well,

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