country leads the world and the use of solitary confinement where a prisoner can be kept isolated in a cell for 23 hours a day. the director of the federal bureau of prisons testified about the practice that the seizure sherry many hearing in one year from former inmate and author of orange is the new black and from nl exonerating death row inmate who spent 15 years in solitary confinement. this is an hour and 20 minutes. canada. >> this hearing begins. today's hearing is entitled reasing soly human-rights cruz for his opening statement. thank you for those in person person & those falling online. there was so much interest we moved to this larger room. and we have an overflow room as well. you will see a number of pictures of children during the course of the hearing who are being held in solitary confinement. i want to thank richard ross, the photographer, for allowing us to use these. we have worked on programs around the world and we have an obligation to consider our rates at home. 5 percent of the world's populatipo population gives us 20 percent of the incarcerated prisoners. african-americans and mexicans are incarcerated at a hi

mind like to ask questions to further understand and the scope of solitary confinement within the federal prison system. you testified there is 250,000 inmates to about 1.2 million incarcerated in various state systems. and the majority are in the general population at any given time in the federal prison? >> yes, sir. the majority are in general population. also, the majority of the inmates in the system spend the entire period in general population. this is a small percentage. right now 6.5 percent is in some form of restrictive housing and when you break that down with temporary, they are given a set number of days and/or months they have to serve. in a prison environment, and i would hope that everyone understand that it is all about order. and if we don't have order, we cannot provide programs. we're constantly looking down institutions. since the hearing in 2012, we have restricted housing population reduction by 25 perce percent. we have gone from 13.5 percent to 6.5 percent. so reductions are occurring. we are only interested in placing people in restrictive housing when there is justifi

i suffered four years in solitary confinement and transferred to one of the harshest prisons in the united states, the federal prison at marion, illinois. it gave me time to think. they come to the therapy no different than they come to any other situation. they're looking to figure out what the therapist wants and what they want out of that situation. unfortunately, many therapists are naive to that idea. if you're going to do therapy with someone who's antisocial, you have to start out by creating a safe place, and you have to say, "listen, i will treat you. "that is, we'll have a place where we can talk about change and the dysfunctional aspects of being you." however, therapy also has to be for itself. frequently what contaminates the therapy and eliminates the possibility of helping these folks is that the therapy's not for itself. you say, "why are you here?" "the parole board said i need treatment to get paroled." that's the end of therapy. there have been amazingly few psychiatrists or psychologists who've been willing work with thipopulation. well, maybe it's not amazing. you know, it's, uh... these

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prison that would break down the door if people owned me money. >> fernandez was using. she spent a year and burglary got her another year. >> i did my year. they awe me at the federal prison and said, "we'll put you on hope." >> she had the po. drug tests and freedom. she messed up. >> i ended up back in for 15 days, five weekends, for taking a pill. >> there was another dirty test. this time cocaine. another five weekends in gaol. >> so then i said, "i'm done. i'm almost 50 years old, i can't do this." that's where i'm at. i have had enough. >> now michelle fernandez is back where she was in the same apartment building. but she has a knew lease on life. she started to go to church. now she manages the building. you might say she's resurrecting a community that, like her life, was almost lost. >> i wiped out the trees that are dark. i have new renovated rooms, as opposed to the old rooms that were trashed. people would hide in the factor. >> fernandez is in project hope and is called in for urine analysis and is one dirty test away from a weekend in gaol. she also has a reason to stay out. >> i have a life. i have a home, a beautiful home. i would rather be in my a

the disparity. we're looking at 8800 potential federal prisoners coming home if this act is passed. 90% of them are so i think those who are afraid of the willie horton effect, mike huckabee had a very damming case when he was governor of arkansas, he came out and killed somebody, he survived it. i don't foresee this happening. these are nonviolent drug offenders. certainly nobody should be punished if this law has already been changed. >> and it's a concern i think a lot of people have. and also why there needs to be sort of this bipartisan effort when it comes to the smart on crime reform. otherwise in the long run you'll have republicans blaming democrats or vice versa. it's one of the things we need to take each other's hands, jump off the bridge together and we deal with it as it comes. >> our federal prisons are at 137% capacity. we are spending a quarter of our department of justice budget on the federal prison system. this money that could be spent for the fbi, for rehabilitation programs, could be spent for reentry programs. we can save money and spend this money much more wisely, save liv

and lastly and i apologize to senator grassley, but we talked about it, the federal prison population. this is something of concern to many of us here. more than 500% it's grown in the last 30 years. that's money that -- you have money that can't be used to hire more prosecutors or agents or providing assistance to state and local law enforcement. in fact, the inspector general said the bureau of prison's budget is at the top of its list of management challenges for the department. the top of the list. what is this increasing prison population doing to your other priorities? >> well, the budget takes up roughly 1/3 of the justice department's entire budget. and it precludes us from doing a variety of other things that i know members of this committee are interested in. and those are interests that i share. our ability to help our state and local partners is impacted. our ability to hire more prosecutors, more agents, more support personnel is impacted. we have to fund the prison system to make sure that the people who are in those systems are safe, that we provide constitutional care

. >> i did my year and they came to see me over at the federal prison an said we will put you on hopeshe had her p.o., regular drug tests and for a while her freedom. but she messed up. >> i ended up back in for 15 days which was five weekends for taking a pill. >> but there was another dirty test. this time cocaine. another five weekends in jail. so then i said i'm done. i'm almost 50 years old. i can't do this anymore. so that is where i'm at now. i just had enough. >> now michele fernandez is back where she was in the very same apartment building. but she has a new lease on life. she started to go to church and now she manages the building. you might say she is resurrecting a community that like her life was almost lost. >> i wiped out the trees that made it dark. i have brand new renovated rooms versus the old beat up ugly rooms that were just trashed. people used to hide in the dark in here. >> fernandez is still in project hope. she still gets called in for urine analysis and is still just one dirty test away from a week end in jail. but she also has a reason to stay out. i have

forward, he absolutely is likely to be found guilty and likely to be determined to be the next federal executed prisoner. that is a process that would immediately lead to a series of appeals, but once that process is completed, i'm going to be satisfied that the penalty assessed is one that is just. >> kirk, you are in a unique position. how did the victim's family respond to your conviction and what did they say upon hearing you were innocent of the crime? >> in the beginning everyone wanted me to die. the prosecutor wanted me to die saying "he did it." the police officers, they said, "he did it." the state of maryland thought of me as the most hated man in america. in the end in the final analysis they were dead wrong. and, you know, this bombing suspect in boston - you know, we haven't had a trial yet. let's see what they have to say. instead of worrying about how a person should be executed, we should worry about people who haven't done a thing wrong. we putting people in prison who are incident as the day is long. ray grown, sabrina butler explains it quite clear myself. 143 people. we can no longe

. >> james coldwell pleads guilty and is sentenced to 28 months at the federal prison in otisville, newrassment to his family but his robbery attempt provides a computer store the best free advertising it could ever want. >> we are living proof that it works. >> boise, idaho, 21-year-old allen darnell has a brilliant idea, rob a computer store that specializes in selling security cameras. >> we sell a lot of different types of cameras here. but we use a small camera system that's easy to set up. >> about midnight after hanging out at this pool hall next door to computer central, darnell smashes the door with a large rock. and wouldn't you know it? the alarm goes off. >> most of the time, the sound and the sirens, those kind of things will scare the suspect off. this guy stuck around. >> undeterred, darnell enters the store without even disguising himself. but then he decides to cover up, the back of his head. >> we have cameras in the corners, cameras back in the back in the corners and cameras in the back rooms here and all the store, five or six different areas, we have cameras. besid

from the turn of the century on it was a federal prison. the meanest prison in the system its inmates the men considered most dangerous and likely to attempt escape. though the island was riddled with caves, tunnels and holes and a thousand places to hide it was considered escape proof. surrounded by treacherous water and currents. large parts of island are still closed to tourists. naomi grift started our tour. >> this was to store am -- ammunition between the battery. >> lovely place for a picnic. >> oh, yes, lovely. >> and where are you taking me. >> we're going to the north. >> it's slimy in here. >> well bunker oil was stored down here. >> reporter: beneath one of the cell blocks, naomi led me to underground cells the bars were removed years ago. >> this was what a solitary cell they put people down here in winston cup of those. >> there's a -- >> there's no lighting or anything down here. totally in the dark. >> that's correct. >> oh, brother. that's solitary all right. >> yes. >> through a maze of underground tunnels, we were taken to

goshi ations with the united states department of state which in turn corresponds with the federal bureau of prisons and the agency within the jurisdiction of the justice department and i know that discussions are currently held to allow russian doctors to. have access to your i shan't go and to evaluate his health. the final determination of those requests by the russian side i don't know whether the united states has granted those requests or whether access is given to russian officials and medics to him what about his eventual. situation could he be handed over to rusher is that what you're hoping as. well we're hopeful that the case of constantine euro shanteau will be resolved. sooner than the twenty year sentence or runs out. we contend was unduly abducted in the country or fly bierria subject to two or three days of brutal torture where his teeth were knocked out now and it was all in violation of international law and and even national law for that matter of course. should be addressed. at the national level between russia and the united states and to comes into the ocean to live there in th

after all of the evidence goes forward, he likely will be found guilty and likely to be the next federal executed prisoner. that's a process that will immediately lead to a series of appeals, but once that process is completed, i'm certainly going to be satisfied that the penalty that is assessed is one that is just. >> well, kirk, you're in a unique position, how do the victim's families respond to your position and hearing of the innocence of the crime? >> in the beginning, everybody wanted me to die. the prosecutor said he did it. and the police officers said he did it. the entire state of maryland thought of me as the most heated man in america. but in the end, in the final analysis, they were all dead wrong, and this bombing suspect in boston, you know, we haven't even had a trial yet. and let's see what they have to say. and instead of worrying about so much as how a person should be executed, we should start worrying about people like from witness to innocence who haven't done a thing wrong. we're putting people in prison who are innocent as the day is long. ray crone and sabrina butler, in that pi

they can file for bankruptcy jointly and get the same visitation privileges at federal prisons and the spouses of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty will get the benefits. congressman sean patrick malone came with his long time partner randy florky. >> we have three children and they shouldn't grow up in a country where their families are treated differently. >> we won't rest until everyone gets the civil rights. >> >> reporter: last month, the federal government struck down part of the defense of marriage act. now changes have been made. ko em for cbs news, new york. >>> well the united states took home the first gold medal. in sochi russia, it is the fourth day of competition. team usa's sage kotsenburg won the slopestyle event. he had never tried the move in competition before, but he tried it now and got the first goal. >> honestly, it feels like a dream right now. just winning a gold on the first day and the first event of slopestyle in the olympics. it is seriously the craziest thing ever. >> if you haven't heard of it before, slopestyle is one of 12 spor

the two will face weapons charges which carries an additional 5 1/2 years in a federal prison. tack left britain -- bryan stow with permanent disability so he will be needing care for life the he will be sentenced to eight and four years. this happens today in a southern california courtroom. >>> a los angeles county family is suing son cal edison for cutting off their electricity after they refused to pay a six figure bill. they shut off the power to the home a couple of weeks ago, fowl say the son owes $145,000 which was racked up at the home that he whenned to a man who has been charged with running a marijuana "grow" operation inside and he says the man illegally bypassed the box to steal the look terrorist to power the grow lights and they have slapped him with the bill because it was his name on the power bill. >> i can't wash my hair. i can't pump my breast milk the. >> they suing power company but the utility account is under her name and they hoping a judge will town the power back on. the case is set to go before a judge in many. >> president obama returned to washingt

what i heard him say, 4% of the federal population in prison suffers from mental illness. i may be off on the number, but not too far off. i have heard numbers of people with mental illness challenges and prisons, state and other allies directly higher than that. but is your impression about the question a mensa illness and incarceration? >> i cannot speak for him and i believe that the fourth person was right. we will went through my mind is it is possible that he was talking about those that fall within that definition of major manley will return numbers about 4%. our mental health means that we don't fall into that major category of 34%, about one-third of our population. intaglio a 70% of the population as some kind of drug and/or alcohol problem to throw into the next. >> will we found in the first jury was that many people with mentally challenged people, and i can tell you what levels, but many people found it difficult to follow the rules as well as they should have. any type of resistance on their part because i had it wanted to resist further or mentally challenge

for the white house, he is working hard to repair the damage done by a serious prison scandal on his watch. today the latest reform in the wake of federal indictments that came from that scandal were rolled out today. scott broom was with o'malley as he took a trim behind bars. behind-- trip behind bars. >> reporter: the recent federal indictments reveal how maryland's prisons have been flooded by contraband cell phones often smuggled in by corrupt correctional officers. the phones have been used by gangs to order hits on witnesses to running drug conspiracies on the inside and outside in. maryland 44 people have been indicted so far including 27 corrupt prison guards charged with smuggling phones and drugs and having sex with inmates resulting in four pregnancies. today governor martin o'malley visited the epicenter of the crisis at the baltimore city detention center where there's been a leadership overall in the wake of the scandal. today an electronic system unveiled today that intercepts cell phone signals and representeds phones useless for anything but a 9 -- renders phones use little for anything but a 911 call. >> this is one a

while a person is in the custody of the federal bureau of prisons why in your shunt goes case. the. my client's repeated requests to the authorities to have medical treatment provided. have not come to. fruition is a big question for me so as you said he's going to be going through some medical tests here very shortly but how how much does this actually satisfy your complaints that this process has taken so long at this point again we would like to have addressed immediately and without. any further delays those. heart condition because that could potentially lead to very drastic results quickly we don't ask you were there is tunick illness of which you've been in touch with the prison authorities or are they explaining the situation to you. well what they have said is that here ocean co never officially filed a complaint with them to the effect that he has any kind of heart problems while my client stated to me today that this was actually in that curates he has written a number of requests to. the prison councilors to have. hearts condition evaluated. so as to and all of the specu

many other levels all stars were a little surprised to find themselves how awesome the backs of future federal prison. so the aussie team was in such a too closely to follow the sporting spectacle you can keep up to date though with olivia will the footage in all the video in all the photos do so from our official. mr graham paige that is where we are keeping it as we update it effectively keeping a very very close eye on soft she it slips its tracks the stadiums in parks we come in the medals for yet. following the reaction of bringing you all the latest updates on air and online of course that's an auntie i sent one to fourteen promises the internet and exhilarating now i make every now and on the west of ireland was taken to sochi twenty fourteen. all the arts. one of the letters from some chick on the leaders from around the world this is auntie international this week a massive gap let's hope the u s diplomat revealed washington's true ambitions for the anti government protests that of well ukraine as well as his attitude towards other european partners to his marine a fortnight. in ukraine. we

be a lands to jointly file for bankruptcy and game inmates will be granted the same rights as heterosexuals in federal prisons the couples must be legally married but this still applies to states that don't recognize same-section unions. >>> iran says its war ships in the atlanta oceans will come close to u.s. maritime borders for the very first. the defense department is down playing the move iran's supreme leader also had strong words for washington, he said washington would overthrow iran's government if it could. those are your head lines are i am morgan radford i look forward to seeing you again at 6:00 a.m. eastern. >> >> the dollar is the most remarkable achievement in the history of money. think of it. this piece of paper cost nothing to produce, there's nothing behind it except the goodwill of ben bernanke, and the u.s. congress. this piece of paper somehow commands value and respect. how can the dollar be anything except the world's greatest monetary brand, the coca-cola of

among the changes same sex spouses will not have to testify against each other in federal, civil or criminal case. and the move will effect bankruptcy proceedings and visitation policy at federal prisonsarguments of former new orleans mayor negan and accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of bribes from contractors for contracts and filing false tax returns and he took the stand last week and denied he did anything wrong and he led the city through hurricane katrina faces more than 20 years in prison if convicted. the senate foreign relations committee is meeting in a few hours on their agenda workers rights in bangladesh, two owners of a factory turned themselves in to authorities to face homicide charges. their factory caught fire two years ago killing at least 112 workers and it revealed when the fire broke out they said it was part of a routine drill and by then it was too late for many to escape and this is the second largest textile exporter after china. in december it raised the pay for workers and allowed them to form unions after a string of factory accidents. switzerland is reversing the stand on allowing immigrants from other parts of europe into the country. swiss vote

many other global sports stars were a little surprised to find themselves housed in the barracks of a future federal prison. so the r.t. team is now closely followed closely following the sporting spectacle and you can keep up to date any time by simply logging on to our official r.t.e. international instead. right here we've got videos and footage from the capital you can join us on instagram dot com slash. of course we are keeping a very close eye on slopes stadiums and counting the medals following reaction and bringing you all the latest updates both on air and online starts he took. the g. twenty four team promise is the ultimate in exhilarating winter. storm and it's now a make over now and the rest of our lives take justina to sochi twenty four take. on. so at international live from moscow this week massive gaffe by a top u.s. diplomat revealed washington's true ambitions for the antigovernment protests that have split ukraine as well as i know to you towards other european partners. important to file the report in ukraine we stand for the principle that all people have the right to express themsel

many other global sports stars were a little surprised to find themselves housed in the barracks of a future federal prison so the r.t.m. was in sochi to closely follow the sporting spectacle so you can keep up to date though with all of the all the footage and all the video and all the photos do so from our official instagram page that is where we are keeping you totally updated in fact are we keeping a very very close eye on slopes its tracks the stadiums and parks we're counting the medals for you following the reaction and bringing you all the latest updates on air and online of course that's at r.t. dot com. twenty four promises in the exhilarating winter. storm and it's now a make over now and the rest of our lives take used to sochi twenty four take. on. the latest from sochi and the latest from around the world this is r.t. international this week a massive gaffe by a top u.s. diplomat revealed washington's true ambitions for the antigovernment protests that have rocked ukraine as well as his attitude towards other european partners and here's marina poured. in ukraine we stand for the principle th

general eric holder will issue a directive monday that will expand the government's recognition of same-sex marriages to federal courts and prisons. the justice department will no longer object if gay or lesbian partners refuse to testify against their spouses in courts, in federal, criminal, or civil cases. and same-sex couples will be able to file jointly for bankruptcy and receive the same protections in bankruptcy court. >> the irs is going after the he can for of michael jackson. the feds are demandinger more than half a baseball dollars in taxes and penalties over the estimated value of the estate. the irs says jackson's image is worth $434 million. the estate says its value is $2,100. the irs says the beatles catalogue jackson owned is worth 469 million. the estate says it has no value. and the executors say the state is worth 7 million but the irs says it's closer to 1.1 billion. the feds want to collect 5.5 million in taxes and 2 been million in penalties. the estate can pay it off by selling assets or pay over the course of 15 years. >> up next at 6:00, a flash flood warning in effect in the north bay. meteorologist lei

global sports stars were little surprised for themselves then i was in the barracks of the future of federal prison maybe it's just history repeating itself. now we're continuing our extensive coverage by talking no to know whose whole foot from watching the figure skating tonight big gold rush you saw it. it was huge i think we can say that playing on the home field as they say really benefited russia tonight there were tons of russians in the audience we were quite high up and our whole section was it was full of russians and everyone had a good skate but i think this is the olympics where we're going to say that russia's back and they. actually do have a selfie. in the huge stadium when it when it kicks off it's buzzing it's buzzing of course the russians when they came on to the ice and i'm sure anyone who was watching it at home felt the advantage of having the home support i mean the crowd was going wild and i think that helped man a lot of confidence. to come as well. tonight as world and she did she was a little disappointed that they're doing the medal ceremony separately so we didn't get

many other global sports stars were little surprised to find themselves housed in the barracks of a future federal prison well the r.t. team is and of course are closely following the sporting spectacle you can keep fully up to date anytime by simply logging on to our official instagram page here we've got videos and footage from the olympic capital and you can join us on instagram instagram dot com slash r t we'll continue our keeping a very close eye on all the sports so just south of moscow down on the site you see coast and slopes tracks stadiums and parks counting the medals following the reaction and bring you all the very latest updates on air and of course online at r.t. dot com. the g. twenty four promises to make exhilarating a winter. storm. make every now and the rest of our lives take news team for sochi twenty four take. on. now this week a massive gaffe by a top u.s. diplomat revealed washington's true ambitions for the anti-government protests that have split ukraine as well as its attitude towards other european partners this report now to want to use more in a fortnight. in ukraine we s

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general eric holder will issue a directive monday that will expand the government's recognition of same-sex marriages to federal courts and prisonsjustice department will no longer object if gay or lesbian partners refuse to testify against their spouses in courts, in federal, criminal, or civil cases. and same-sex couples will be able to file jointly for bankruptcy and receive the same protections in bankruptcy court. >> the irs is going after the he can for of michael jackson. the feds are demandinger more than half a baseball dollars in taxes and penalties over the estimated value of the estate. the irs says jackson's image is worth $434 million. the estate says its value is $2,100. the irs says the beatles catalogue jackson owned is worth 469 million. the estate says it has no value. and the executors say the state is worth 7 million but the irs says it's closer to 1.1 billion. the feds want to collect 5.5 million in taxes and 2 been million in penalties. the estate can pay it off by selling assets or pay over the course of 15 years. >> up next at 6:00, a flash flood warning in effect in the north bay. meteorologist leigh gla

the federal government. attorney general eric holder is set to formally give legally married same-sex couples the same status as other married couples in federal matters, talking about bankruptcy, prisonerts. as before, the federal government based those benefits on whether a state recognized these marriages. in a speech over the weekend, holder compared what's happening today to the government's role during the civil rights movement. >> just as was true during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the stakes involved in this generation's struggle for lgbt equality could not be higher. then as now, nothing less than our country's founding commitment to the notion of equal protection under the law is at stake. and so, the justice department's role in confronting discrimination must be as aggressive today as it was in robert kennedy's time. >> same-sex marriage is now legal in 17 states as well as the district of columbia, but this decision will apply to legally married couples in all 50 states. >>> some immigrants may find it easier this morning to get permission to come to the u.s., even if they gave support to terror groups. the obama administration announcing those who gave "limited

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