for "religion & ethics newsweekly," i'm lucky severson in thailand. >>> on our calendar, there is theh of the bob, and they consider the bob a messenger of god who in the 19th century prepared the way for the founder of their faith. >>> that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy and you can follow us on twitter and facebook and watch us any time on the pbs app for iphones and i ipads. and visit our website where there is always much more, and where you can listen to or watch each of the programs. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, music from this week's meeting in baltimore of the united synagogue of conservative judaism. >> open up the lips and sing out. come on, we want to hear you. ♪ >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis-based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. rachel: did you know that homic

. >>> now, a special report from lucky severson on the debate over solitary confinement for many prisoners. sometimes or the decades. is that morally wrong, necessary to protect others or something in between? >> on any given day it's estimated there are 80,000 americans locked in a small cell for 24 hours or more per day. it's known as solitary confinement. sometimes called segregation, restricted housing or if you're one of the inmates flat time or the hole. >> you can imagine yourself locked in a closet. >> heather rice-minus is with the prison fellowship ministries. it takes a position as do other religious organizations that solitary confinement is an unchristian practice. researchers have found it often does more harm than good. >> many of the people that they worked with who were held in solitary confinement experienced paranoia. hallucinations, depression. some reacted eventually with violent, uncontrollable anger. >> bobby delalo knows what it was like. he was in solitary for five year. >> you go crazy. you hear guys saying yeah, what? the ventilator called his name. a thing that

luck luc lucky severson reports. >>> also, popular crime novelist james lee burke. he tells bob faw all western literature is about the search for salvation. >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lilly endowment an indianapolis private family foundation, dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, communi communi communi community development and education. and the retirement company. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. good to have you with us. as the government shutdown entered the second week, many religious leaders ramped up their criticism of lawmakers in washington. a coalition of 98 leaders accused elected officials of pursuing an ideological agenda at the expense of vulnerable families and the working poor. several christian leaders staged what they called a faithful filibuster near the u.s. capitol. where they continuously read bible passages about caring for the poor. >> if you mistreat the poor, you insult your creator. if you are kind to them, you show him respect. >> meanwhile, religious conservatives rallied in wash

. >>> and lucky severson profiles a new york lawyer teaching law students in thailand to help the poor. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis-based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy and it is great to have you with us. welcoming those among the deal this week that ended the debt ceiling and ended the government shutdown. for weeks a broad-ranged of faith-based groups actively lobbied congress to consider the toll the crisis was taking on vulnerable families and the poor. on tuesday, religious leaders made what they called a prayer pilgrimage to capitol hill visiting several lawmakers' offices. they said that, quote, an extreme faction of congress is recklessly playing politics with the lives of countless americans. they urged more consideration of the poor in future bud

. >>> and lucky severson profiles a new york lawyer teaching law students in thailand to help the poor. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis-based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy and it is great to have you with us. welcoming those among the deal this week that ended the debt ceiling and ended the government shutdown. for weeks a broad-ranged of faith-based groups actively lobbied congress to consider the toll the crisis was taking on vulnerable families and the poor. on tuesday, religious leaders made prayer pilgrimage to capitol hill visiting several lawmakers' offices. they said that, quote, an extreme faction of congress is recklessly playing politics with the lives of countless americans. they urged more consideration of the poor in future budget negotiations. >

luck luc lucky severson reports. >>> also, popular crime novelist james lee burke.s bob faw all western literature is about the search for salvation. >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lilly endowment an indianapolis private family foundation, dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, communi communi communi community development and education. and the retirement company. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. good to have you with us. as the government shutdown entered the second week, many religious leaders ramped up their criticism of lawmakers in washington. a coalition of 98 leaders accused elected officials of pursuing an ideological agenda at the expense of vulnerable families and the working poor. several christian leaders staged what they called a faithful filibuster near the u.s. capitol. where they continuously read bible passages about caring for the poor. >> if you mistreat the poor, you insult your creator. if you are kind to them, you show him respect. >> meanwhile, religious conservatives rallied in washington a