russell contreras, thank you for being with us, ap reporter. nora tachias-anaya, thank you as well, member of the "october 22 coalition to stop police brutality." her nephew, george levy tachias, who was in the special forces in granada, back in new mexico, fatally shot by police when driving in albuquerque in 1988. we have the police video of the shooting of james boyd on our website at democracynow.org. when we come back, we're going to look at the growing movement to reform prisons in this country, particularly, solitary confinement. a prisoner at rikers island in solitary confinement died. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> today's 30th anniversary of marvin gaye's debt. he was murdered. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with renee feltz . >> we turn now to look at mounting pressure on jails and prisons to reform their use of solitary confinement. correctionss a officer in new york city was arrested last week by fbi agents and charged with violating the civil rights of a mentally ill prisoner