county, miami-dade and new york's rikers island. they represent a real cross section of life across the country. each one has its own unique set of challenges. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> got to be on point. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> can't let your guard down for nobody. >> this is not a place to be. >> this is as close to a living hell as i think i ever want to come. >> step back behind the red line. >> everyone, bend over. >> if you like this type of thing, this is the place to be. >> i want to kill myself. i can't take it. >>> for the uninitiated or in this case, the unincarcerated, there is sometimes confusion between prison and jail. prison is only for convicted felons. jails also how's convicts but only those awaiting transfer to prison or serving short-term sentences. usually less than a year. >> listen up for your name. >> stand on the foot prints for me, please. >> most jail detainees have pending court cases, have been denied or are unable to make bail. >> put your stomach on the wall, hands behind your b

how rare it is to have video inside rikers. >> it is unbelievably rare.age like this never, ever comes out. it is not as if this was shot by camera crew. this is what goes on the nobody is looking. nobody really sees what goes on there except the people who work and live there. having footage like this is invaluable. it never, ever gets out like this. it is highly unusual. amy: so when you narrate because the video is silent, when you narrate the first video of the guard coming to solitary confinement where this teenager is, kalief browder, you see him outside his prison cell, the guard, flexing his muscles. can you start there and narrate as we show it? >> the correction officer has come to kalief browder's cell to take him to a shower which is supposed to be a daily occurrence. you appears to have him to the ground. that is what is happening. it is unclear why exactly that is happening. there are no microphones on the cameras. it looks like maybe kalief said something. i asked him, what was going on? he told me a week or two prior they had some sort of

orta is currently locked up on rikers island. supporters of orta have accused the new york police of targeting the family for releasing the video of eric garner's death. we're joined now by three guess. lisa mercado is ramsey orta's aunt. we're also joined by william aronin and ken perry are criminal defense attorneys representing ramsey orta. thank you so much for being with us. lisa, your nephew is in rikers? >> yes. amy: why? >> falsely accused of another accusation. amy: was it the day after the coroner announced the death of eric garner homicide that ramsey was first arrested? >> yes. amy: and then his wife was arrested after that? >> yes. amy: what did he tell you at the time what was happening to him? was he afraid? >> yes, he was afraid. juan: lisa mercado, a lot of viewers around the country don't know staten island, but it is the borough known for having the most police who live in that percentagewise in that area, so this whole issue of police harassment and your family could you talk about that? >> it is ever since th

the nypd and rikers. i had enormous success at rikers. unparalleled in reforming rikers. reducing violence and overovertime. i know how this system is supposed to work. i know how to fix it. then i went to federal prison. and i realized that we are incarcerating thousands of people a year that don't need prison to pay for that lesson. and economically, it's crucifying the country. >> a couple of issues. do you think there is racial prestigious in the judicial and law enforcement system that results in the disparity that we see in prison? >> yeah. i don't think it's as much in the law enforcement -- you know all this racial overtone that's been out there. i don't believe there's as much as that as there have been despairities. >> how about the sentencing laws? >> yes the sentencing laws. the judicial system. the crack cocaine despairities. all you have to do is look at the numbers. here's the problem. you take urban communities, you know, primarily black communities, you take young kids 18, 19 years old, for first time nonviolent low-level drug offices and stick them in pr

orta's supporters raised nearly $40,000 to pay for his bail bond so he could be released from rikers, where is being held on a drug charge. but orta's lawyers say the district attorney demanded a "bail source" hearing to determine if the funds wereeven though they were publicly raised through the website gofundme. orta and his family say police have targeted them over orta's filming of garner's death. to see our interview with ramsey orta's attorneys and his aunt you can go to democracynow.org. in sacramento, california, an african-american activist is facing up to four years in prison for "lynching," after she allegedly tried to pull a fellow protester away from police. under a 1933 california law designed to protect black people from white mobs, the act of attempting to free someone from police custody is defined as "lynching," a felony offense. the law has been used repeatedly against activists, including maile hampton, who was arrested for her actions at a black lives matter protest against a pro-police rally. on thursday, protesters packed a court hearing to support hampton, who

. >> the highest score went to riker and allison with a sizzling samba.runo said riker is the future of dance. >> galloway danced a rhumba. the judges praised the performance and the partnership they clearly have. >> it was good-bye to patti labelle who lost one of her high heeled shoes in the middle of the punchy heat wave routine. still the judges gave it high marks for fun and entertainment. >> wool see her soon on gma. now we know when we'll have to say good-bye to jon stewart. last night, the comedian said he will host the show for the last time august 6th. >> say it ain't so. the announcement came at the very end of the show with no other details. though stewart did say there would be some kind of contest for tickets to the program's last taping. we should offer him the chance to fill in whenever you're not here. the offer is on the table, mr. stewart. should you need a new gig. >> let me know how that goes. jurassic world is what it's called trailer, it's out this morning. the third sequel to the jurassic park advances the story with a theme park f

was posted but the prosecutor objected challenging the online funds, and for now, he will stay at rikers island. >>> a closer look at sex crime on camp as on friday. what should universities do wh he said/she said is trumped by evidence of an attack. >> it's not just that there was alcohol and a sexual assault, there was a confession to the sexual assault. that's staggering >>> a "america tonight" report - sex crime on campus friday at 10 eastern. next after the break - faith and the fight for souls. the controversial effort to pray away the gay. and who is stepping in [office phone chatter] [frogs croaking] you know what, let me call you back. what are you doing?! [scream] [frogs croaking] [yelling and screaming] it's back! xfinity watchathon week. the biggest week in television history. it's your all-access binge-watching pass to tv's hottest shows, free with xfinity on demand. xfinity watchathon week. now through april 12th. perfect for people who really love tv. now. [ ♪♪ ] >>> standing up against the pressure a movement called conversion therapy, aimed at changing the sexual orienta

was posted, but the prosecutor objected, challenging the online funds, and for now, he will stay at rikers island. >>> a closer look at sex crime on camp as on friday. what should universities do wh he said/she said is trumped by evidence of an attack. >> it's not just that there was alcohol and a sexual assault, there was a confession to the sexual assault. that's staggering >>> a "america tonight" report - sex crime on campus, friday at 10 eastern. next after the break - faith and the fight for souls. the controversial effort to pray away the gay. >> unpredictable... uncontrollable... and under eighteen >> you have kids here who've killed someone. >> award winning journalist soledad o'brien takes us inside the violent world of kids behind bars... will a new experimental program be their last chance? >> i have to do my 100% best so i don't end up in a place like this again.. >> al jazeera america presents... kids behind bars: a soledad o'brien special report only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet [ ♪♪ ] >>> standi

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. >> reporter: good morning, riker lynch and his partner, allison holker at the top of the leader board a teeny bopper again. i'm totally fan-girls out. >> it had the vie entrance. the visual impact. >> reporter: at the bottom robert herjavec and his partner, kym johnson. >> you did it all, a little bit slightly time adjusted. >> i'm always picking up good vibrations right through that dance. >> reporter: but the person who went home last night? music legend patti labelle and her partner artem chig vints receive. >> we have new young kids now knowing about patti labelle some older people. my journey here was wonderful. i'm not sad that we're leaving. i'm happy. i stood the test of time. i mean for me, eight weeks dancing straight. i'm happy, baby. >> reporter: the competition only gets tougher next week, when there's a double elimination. in los angeles, george pennacchio, for abc news. >> oh it was a fun night. >> oh it will be a fun morning, too, on "good morning america." it will be your way shortly. >> gloat "action news." delaware valleys leading news program. with matt o'donnell,

ramsey ota was released after spending two months on rikers island.d for allegedly selling drugs to undercover officers. >>> the 2-year-old boy is recovering after falling into the cheetah exhibit at a cleveland zoo today. witnesses say the parents held the boy over the railing into the exhibit, and then accidently dropped him. the parents quickly went into the exhibit to get the child. he suffered a leg injury. according to the zoo, the cheetahs did not approach the child. and abc news has learned the cleveland metro park zoo is seeking to file charges against the boy's parents for child endangerment endangerment. >>> sandra bullock's call to 911 made headlines this week. most stalking victims, women who are no stranger to people harassing them. here's brandi hit. >> reporter: that's oscar winner sandra bullock, her terrifying 911 call playing out in court this week as her alleged stalker faces 19 charges for allegedly breaking into her home just feet from the actress in her own bedroom. former qvc star lisa robertson also opening up to "good morning

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he changed the landscape of music along others like steve riker and terry riley. he prefers to call himself simply a composer of music with repetitive structures. for the past 40 years he created more than 20 operas, similar to thinks, chamber scores and film music. he new work takes a look at life without music called "words without music." welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: anything you want to disagree with with respect to that introduction. >> when people say what do you do i say i write theater music. >> rose: is that what you say? it changes but that's what i like now. >> rose: why? it has the virtue of being what i actually do. >> rose: what is theater music? >> it's open remarks it's film, it's theater itself. it can be dance. anything that involves collaboration, like any of the elements -- >> rose: collaboration and performance. >> and performance, but in this case, i'm talking about collaboration with movement, image, text and music, the four, earth, air, fire, water. that's what it is. and i've written these because i was asked to write them and so i've w

at rikers island jail, a bakery churns out nearly 90,000 loaves of bred per week while teaching inmates how to bake. in many of the prisons profiled on "lockup," inmates have opportunities to learn skills that can help them find work on the outside. but all too many spend their time honing skills more suitable to mayhem and murder. >> i stabbed an inmate 12 times over some dope in front of the chow hall. >> i took a knife and stabbed him with it three or four times until he was dead. and then i butchered him with it. >> you find a piece of metal or something, file it down on the concrete. it ain't got to be sharp, it's just got to have a point. put your handle on it and do what you need to do. >> "lockup" crews are regularly exposed to the tools of a deadly trade. >> you know, in every prison we film in, there's always a shank museum. a place where the authorities display all the weapons that are confiscated by staff. homemade weapons the inmates have made from bed springs or melted down plastic. i mean, they're truly ingenious, but they're deadly, as well. >> at california's san quenti

a 16-year-old kid accused of crime and sent to jail for three years in rikers with no trial. republicans, we are great with the second amendment, but some he has to stand up with the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth, which says you get a speedy trial. [applause] he was kept in solitary confinement. cory booker and i have a bill that gets rid of solitary confinement for kids and will help us from this happening again. the way i see it, the bill of rights is for the least among us, for the least popular, for those who don't dress and act like everyone else. the bill of rights is not so necessary for the prom queen. the bill of rights is not so necessary for the high school quarterback, that we will give them that. it is for the least popular among us. the bill of rights is especially for the unpopular, for the persecuted, for the minority. to me, a minority is not just the color of your skin. it could be the shade of your ideology, it could be the shade of your religious faith. what should motivate us all to protect and defend the system that find justice and protects everyone,

his supporters raised nearly $40,000 to pay for his bail bond so he could be released from rikers where he is been held on an unrelated drug charge. the district attorney initially demanded a bills source hearing to determine if the funds were obtained illegally, even though they were publicly raised. the ramsey orta was released after the prosecutor backed down. he and his family say police have targeted them overorta's filming of garner's death. to see our full interview with ramsey orta's aunt as well as his attorneys, you can go to democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. former secretary of state and first lady hillary clinton has formally entered the 2016 race for the white house in a bid to become the first woman u.s. president. if she wins the democratic party's nomination, she will be the first woman presidential nominee in the country's history. clinton made her announcement in a two-minute announcement video released sunday, clinton focused on ordinary americans starting new phas

what happened to chino's mother what happened to chino, his life in rikers, his life in a prohibited market, all of that, it didn't have to happen. chino became a campaigner against the war on drugs. his first campaign was to shut down sparta the youth prison he was put in. and he succeeded. it no longer exists. chino's also a really articulate exponent as explaining how much what this is about. when harry anslinger found out billie holliday was a heroin addict, he also found out judy garland was a heroin addict. 17% of the people who sell drugs in the united states are african-american. they make up 65% of the people who go to prison for it. just outside baltimore at the same time that chino was selling on his block a person called lee maddox was standing on the i-95. lee maddox was a cop, and she was arresting anyone she could find who she suspected of being a drug user. lee had long hair and a hot temper, her job was to get numbers. she knew that if you busted people, you get -- the cops get to keep 80% of everything they take. if they find you with coke in your car, they can take

what happened to chino's mother will happen to chino his life in the rikers all of that did not happenino became a campaigner against the war on drugs. his first campaign was to shut down the youth prison he was put in and he succeeded. spar for it no longer exists. chino was an articulate in explaining how much this is still about what it was about with billie holliday. he also kind of judy garland was a heroin addict that he told julie garland to take longer vacations until the studio she was going to be fine. 70% of the people who sell drugs in the united states are african-american and make up 65 or senata people go to prison for it. just outside baltimore at the same time chino was selling on this block a person called lee maddox was standing on the i-95. lee maddox was a cop and she was arresting anyone she could find that she suspected of being a drug user. lee had long hair and a hot temper. her job was to get numbers. if she knew a few busted people the cops get to keep 80% of everything they take. if they find your coke in your car that can take your car away and it was payin

. ♪ rocker riker lynch's striking sam bah leaping into first place.t's a ballroom, not a bedroom. >> it is spring break. but, i actually agree with the judges as well. i have a very high expectation of myself. and, doing these kind of dances is very different from the ballroom thing. >> i'm sorry, bruce. >> reporter: and the spring vacation was cut short for one couple. >> for the past six weeks, an incredible journey. i had so much fun. >> i have done so much i didn't think i would do. i'm so happy. i'm proud of patti. >> reporter: she was t belle of the ball from the start. a standing ovation on week one. >> they love ya. >> reporter: and keeping her cool during this one-shoe quick step. >> you're phone for kickknown for kicking off your shoes, right? >> it was designed for he to kick both shoots off. >> reporter: it was? >> oh yeah. one got stuck. >> reporter: dancing through the pain of a knee injury all season. what do you think helped propel you? >> i have this great spirit. i'm going to get through it because i can. >> reporter: for "good morni

a 16-year-old kid accused of a crime sent to jail for three years in rikers with no trial.ublicans, we are great for the second amendment but you know what somebody has to stand up for the fourth, the fifth and the sixth decision get a. >> trial. [applause] he was kept in solitary confinement. cory booker and i've a bill that gets rid of a lot of the solitary confinement for kids and it's going to help us from trying to keep this from happening again. [applause] the way i see it the bill of rights is for the least among us us, for the least popular, for those who don't dress and act like everyone else. the bill of rights is not so necessary for the problem. the bill of rights is not so necessary for the high school quarterback. but it's for the least popular among us. the bill of rights is especially for the unpopular, for the persecuted, for the minority. to meet a minority is not just the color of your skin. it could be the shape of your ideology. it could be the shade of your religious faith. what should motivate us all to protect and defend the system that defines justi

. >> reporter: bee hind riker lynch, his jack sparrow trying to steal the show.heir "frozen" themed dance. the week filled with injuries. chris soules dancing with a pulled calf. and singer patti labelle. >> i just don't want it to be painful. i want you to be here. i want you to be here. >> i want to be here. >> reporter: refusing to let an injured knee keep her from stunning the audience. >> you have a presence and attitude beyond anything. >> reporter: for some couples, the night didn't end happily ever after. >> you were so out of step. >> reporter: it was time for tony and suzanne to be woken up. >> suzanne and tony. >> reporter: the former "three's company" start sent home. ♪ hers and hers and his three's company, too ♪ >> i don't think i can stay with the show. >> this is the part where you have to say, you know what i'm going to do as best as i can. >> reporter: and a few missteps on the the dance floor. >> it's such a pity you had that hiccup because, without a doubt, that was your best dance. >> we had it nailed. then my heel got caught in my dress. tha

. >> reporter: close behind, rocker riker lynch, his jack sparrow trying to steal the show with his pirate-themedth their "frozen"-themed dance. ♪ the week was also filled with injuries. former "bachelor" chris soules showing us his herculean strength dancing with a pulled calf. and singer patti labelle. >> i just don't want it to be painful. i want you to be here. i don't want you to go home, you know what i mean? >> i want to be here. >> reporter: refusing to let an injured knee keep her from stunning the audience with her "wish upon a star" waltz. >> you have a presence and attitude beyond anything. >> reporter: for some couples, the night didn't end happily ever after. >> you were so out of step. >> reporter: and for suzanne somers and partner tony dovolani, it was time to be woken up from their fairy tale dream. >> suzanne and tony. >> reporter: the former "three's company" start sent home. ♪ hers and hers and his three's company too ♪ >> reporter: after an emotional week of rehearsals. >> i don't think i can stay with the show. >> this is the part where you have to say, you know what, i'm g

a 16-year-old kid accused of a crime, sent to jail for three years in rikers with no trial.licans were great with the second amendment. but you know what? somebody has got to stand up for the fourth the fifth and the sixth which says you get a speedy trial. [ applause ] he was kept in solitary confinement. cory booker and i have a bill that gets rid of a lot of the solitary confinement for kids and is going to help us with trying to keep this from happening again. the way i see it the bill of rights is for the least among us, for the least popular those who don't dress and act like everyone else. the bill of rights is not so necessary for the prom queen. the bill of rights is not so nes say for the football quarterback. but for the least pop you loor among us. the bill of rights is for especially the unpopular, the minority. the minority is not just the color of your skin. it would be is shade of your etiology the shade of your religious faith. what should motivate us all to protect and defend a system that finds justice and protects everyone whether you're rich or poor, bla

he spent three years in rikers. a 16-year-old kid. i do not know if he was guilty or not.l, it also says you get a speedy trial. i do not know what happened to him in prison. i can only imagine, but he tried to commit suicide four times. this should not happen in america. it is disproportionately happening to african-americans to poor people, two people who live in cities that are crowded. you know what? if we were all of a sudden the party that kerry about the entire bill of rights, nobody on the democrat side has been doing a dm thing about this. the party that was once the party of emancipation became the and -- the entire party again, i think you would see a sea change. people ask me, what is the worst thing going on in washington? is it obamacare? is it what is happening? rightly, it is all of the above. the separation of powers is collapsing. our founding fathers were so prescient in the sense they said we are to set up these branches will stop matteson said we will it ambition against ambition. the ambition to maintain power will be pitted against the courts and the

he spent three years in rikers. a 16-year-old kid. nobody deserves to be in prison for three years without a trial date. the sixth amendment says that you get a trial, it also says you get a speedy trial. i do not what happened to him in prison, i can only imagine. he tried to commit suicide four times. this should not happen america -- in america. it is this report shortly happening to blacks hispanics. you know what, if we were the party that cared about the entire bill of rights, nobody on the democratic side does anything about this. the party that was once the emancipation could become the party of the entire bill of rights again -- i think you would see a seachange. [applause] people asked me, what's the worst thing going on in washington? is a obamacare? what the president has done to immigration, war powers? i say, frankly, it is all of the above, but the category i would lump bit under is that the separation of powers is collapsing. our founding fathers were so precious in saying that they would set up these branches, and mad