we're at the missouri state penitentiary, the old missouri state penitentiary in jefferson city, missouri, and it's kind of right in the middle of the capital city of the state of missouri. from 1836 until 1989, this was the only maximum security prison for adult male offenders that was run by the state of missouri, and so basically you got every individual that was a problem child. at one time, 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. the building of the prison itself is located off east capital avenue, which used to be called east main street, and initially when the prison was built on this site it would have been on the outskirts of jefferson city, but the town actually built around the prison, so actually it's on the eastern side of jefferson city, but it's still with the way the city limits incorporated other areas, it's right in the middle of the town. there's two basic philosophies that evolved with regard to prisons in the united states, the first one being the pennsylvania system, which was initially started by the quakers, the first prison being the walnut street

he escaped from the missouri state penitentiary. can kind of look at the book here and look at all the escapes from 1965 through 1967, and he's the next to last entry on the page. he actually smuggled himself out in a bread truck, but it's kind of interesting whenever you look at all these escapes. they highlighted those that came from inside the prison itself on this page and so there are only five on this page from june of '65 to may of '67, basically, a two-year period, that escaped from the missouri state penitentiary. most of the rest of these were on work release when they esc e escaped. if you look at the page too, and how they were all recaptured except james earl ray. he's the only blank entry on this page. he went to alabama and then went to memphis where he killed dr. king. he escaped to canada eventually, took on an alias, went to england, and that's where he was captured is in england. and what we're looking at now is the extradition folder for james earl ray. because he was actually captured in great britain, there was

this is what the next six months hold for maurice. >> this is the penitentiary. he problem prisoners like maurice, the segregation unit also houses inmates with psychiatric problems. stateville doesn't have a psych ward, so until it's determined that an inmate needs more comprehensive care off site, they are observed here. >> what is the emergency? >> that creates daily challenges for the staff. >> i'm in here for being assaulted in "h" house and i'm going to have mr. snyder and the head of investigations down here. i want the media. >> you want an awful lot, don't you? >> no. listen. i don't want no problems. i'm having a problem with myself -- >> don't beat on my door. don't beat on my door. >> i haven't done anything to anybody. >> yes, you did. you disturbing the peace down here. do not bang on my door. >> i can't live in this cell. >> don't holler at me. don't holler at me. >> yes, sir. >> it's very hostile. it can bother you. you have to be very strong to work over here. because, you know, just every day, name calling, you know, just the stress over here fro

and he eventually died in the tennessee state penitentiary. the james earl ray documents are an example of what you would find for anyone, any family that has a family neb in a prison. in that respect it is a general approach. but for historians, it gives you details that you may not know. you may not know that he was at the fulton state hospital. you may not know what he was in prison for here. you remember the register, it gave citations to other arrests. it gives you clues to find other information about him.

at the penitentiary of new mexico. u know, about 13 years ago. >> an inmate who was former law enforcement is going to always be perceived as the enemy as far as the other inmates go. so, it's usually a precarious situation. given his circumstances, i thought daniel was pretty secure. going from being a former c.o. to an inmate in the same prison where he once worked, i would have expected him to be a little more nervous, uptight, what have you. but he acclimated quite well. >> the officers, some of them treated me the same. some of them treated me different. for the most part, though, i've always gone along with people. i came into prison. and i ain't here to prove a point. i'm just here to do my time. >> was it weird at first dealing with officers? did you run into people you knew? >> yeah. i mean, i ran into a few people. they said, hey, rapatz. they call me by my last name, what happened, how did you end up here in the joint? what happened? i tell them, i ended up wrong place, wrong time. i was out drinking and usin

you know, it really didn't start hitting until i arrived in the penitentiary. when the bitterness, the anger, the rage and everything else set in to where, you know, i can't do a life sentence for something i didn't do. so i mean it tormented me every day. >> but somehow he managed to avoid trouble in prison and dug deep to find an attitude to help him survive. >> the damage is already done. the fact of the matter is the joy that god gave me through the years, i'm joyful every day. i still walk the yard, smile, talk to people and stuff like that. >> what's going on, pickle? >> body's record in prison has allowed him to hold one of the most trusted jobs available to inmates. he's a custodian in the administration building. >> i, you know, clean carpets, vacuum, empty trash. i would rather be working on the other side of the fence. >> and he soon might be. body's case was recently reviewed and problems with the original evidence prompted the court to offer him a new plea agreement, one that would drastically reduce his sentence. >> they gave me 28 years with time

they live at the iowa state penitentiary. behind this 40-foot stone and concrete exterior is a population of drug abusers, murderers, and the mentally ill. on the west bank of the mississippi river is one of the oldest prisons in the country, iowa state penitentiary. there is a separate facility at iowa state penitentiary called ccu, the inmates who are considered mentally ill are housed here. lieutenant john fedler oversees the correctional staff at ccu. >> the staff have been through specialized training to be able to deal with the mentally ill inmates. >> up to 200 men can be housed in ccu. most of them reside in single cells in one of the four general population pods. >> i am here for depression. i was out on work release. i escaped from a work release center because i couldn't find a job. i robbed a bank in my hometown where the work release center was. i got in a high-speed chase with state troopers of missouri and local law enforcement. i hit one of the state troopers head on, trying to commit suicide. and i killed the

i don't do this to think i'm going to get out of the penitentiary because i'm not. ng. it gives me a sense of responsibility for my own actions. >> good morning, everyone. i want to thank these guys for taking the time out to come up. this today is -- i'm nervous, by the way. >> the day was especially personal for one other inmate as well. >> i've been in for nearly 20 years. my victim's mom and stepdad are here today. vicki and greg. i want to thank them very much for coming. >> mark smith murdered his girlfriend jenny crompton when he was just 18 years old. through the program he was first confronted by his victim's mother and stepfather several years earlier. >> i was a mess. jenny had been gone eight years and i was still barely functioning. and i was full of anger and i was full of pain. and my other children were suffering. >> i had numerous recurring dreams, kind of nightmares that i had a lot of anger. and i wanted to definitely take it out on him. >> the meeting lasted five ç hours. >> we brought with us, do you remember, some pictures of you guys when you

>> at mercy college and also of the penitentiary and was teaching at colombia teaching at maximum-smaximum-s ecurity prison they have the incredible thirst for knowledge. it is unbelievable these men who have committed crimes in their youth tried to turn their lives around. i have students who read the entire book before coming to class. my wife teaches literature. of four year college degree program all privately funded nobel grants or federal or state money. my son tim native bill o% that will be on nationwide tv that describes the sing sing education program. >>host: what is that experience like? >> this emotionally a thrilling and rewarding experience for my wife and i. to teach these people who have committed heinous crimes, murder, see the error of their ways. the education unprocessed and the ministry program. they bring in of major name for the graduation ceremony like warren buffett because his sister is a major supporter. it is incredible. there is no separation of church and state. they hold the bible or the q'uaran or the talmud it is ecumenical always those representing the grad

he was serving a life sentence at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> it was our last day of filming, and we were getting some b roll of a particular inmate, and clapsy was the inmate next door to this guy. and clapsy started talking to me through this cell door, and he started telling me that he was serving a life sentence for the torture/murder of his girlfriend and that he would like to be on the show. >> and we warn you, the interview that took place was one of the most disturbing we've ever conducted. seven years earlier clapsy was working for a cell phone company we he met a 24-year-old woman studying to become a medical animator. her name was mary alice. >> she was, you know, 5 foot nothing, 100 pounds. beautiful, caring. i considered her like an angel. i mean, she was this pure little thing. i mean, i wouldn't smoke around her. i would curb my sailor's tongue around her because it was mary alice and she was fragile. you know? >> during the few months the pair dated clapsy says he often used drugs, including methamphetamines. then one day clapsy says he discovered two movie tick

this is the penitentiary, this is not a minimum facility, this is the penitentiary here. this is where the [ bleep ] is. this is where the serious stuff is. a couple years ago, this is the place where stabbings and things happened weekly. i mean, this is a very serious environment here. and this is a very big wake-up call for somebody like me. this is something that will change your direction in life. >> and it did. burzee has been scheduled to transfer for another prison. and both cherry and royanna are left with some uncomfortable feelings. >> you think you know someone and then, you know, you really don't know him. because the way stuff went down it was really uncalled for. he stole a pair of clippers. i don't know what type of a story he told you. >> for sure, he did? >> they were an inmate's. yeah. and so that was wrong. you know what i mean? and then he lied about it. it was kind of sad. he should have known better, you know what i mean? it's just retarded. >> you think you know a person and something like that happens, it kind of makes you, wow, i really didn't kno

>>> nestled at the base of the rocky mountains, colorado state penitentiary was built to house the state'sost violent@ disruptive inmates. it gives new meaning to the words hard time. >> we decided that csp could not be a place where inmates could get comfortable and make a life for themselves. we had to treat them differently. >> colorado state isn't just any maximum security prison. it's a super max facility. inmates here are considered a constant threat and are confined to single-person cells 23 hours a day. >> i was astounded by how sterile and stark and what tough time it would be to serve in that particular prison. i think that would be the hardest time possible. >> many of the inmates we spoke to agreed. they say the isolation is too much. >> i've been here a long time. i've seen a lot of guys, seen them snap, you know? any given day they can snap. >> 23 hours a day you're locked down. you come out for five hours a week. essentially it's just another cell. it's a dead room with a pull-up bar. there's one small window. that's it. everywhere you go, handcuffed, handcuffed to go in the

an inmate at the penitentiary of new mexico proved to be an exception. >> this inmate was every woman's is the guy we're all told to fear and to defend ourselves against. >> i'm a serial rapist. i've been convicted in new mexico on three separate occasions for rape. >> he was convicted of three rapes, but he told us he had raped 22 women total. so i knew there were 19 other women out there who he had attacked and terrified. he wanted to remain anonymous, because he was getting out soon and he didn't want any of these victims to see him, because then he'd have to go back into prison. >> when we met him, he was coming up for parole on a 44-year sentence and it wasn't his first time in prison. >> my first rape was in 1975. and i picked up two to ten years on that and i served two. and i was released on parole, i lasted about a week and again was picked up and charged with a rape. i was returned to the santa fe state penitentiary from 1980 to 1986 when i was released again on parole. i lasted on that parole, for about two weeks. and then i began again, serial raping. >> in this rare intervi

the cease-fire's role is to stop a guy from crossing the line so nobody goes to the penitentiary or cemetery. when a guy crosses the line, the police get involved. >> reporter: going beyond the badge to end the deadly onslaught. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >>> overseas tonight egypt officially has a new president, mohammed morsi sworn in. in his speech he offered a message of reassurance to israel saying his administration will honor international treaties and he pledged support for the rights of palestinians. >>> in geneva today, a conference of world leaders set a peace plan for syria, though they did not say whether syrian president assad could be part of a transitional government. secretary of state hillary clinton said the agreement paves the way for a post-assad government. russia refused to take provision. >>> there's word from israel that shamir has died, he served from 1983 to '84 and from 1986 to '92. his term was marked by the 1991 gulf war when iraq fired scud missiles into israel. today israeli president perez paid tribute calls shamir a brave warrior. he was 96 years old. >>>

could've had a v8. >>> we were at the penitentiary of new mexico with inmate joe sanchez in the weeksior to his release date. he had already been informed it would be delayed by 15 days due to a miscalculation of his earned good time. but the news was about to get much worse. >> mr. sanchez, how are you doing today? got a little bit of a problem. in looking at your file, i have found an error -- i found -- >> you guys find errors. you never find nothing good. you're good at finding errors. just get to the point. >> okay. at this point in time i'm looking at 88 days, not 15. >> 88 days? >> and that's what i wanted to talk to you about, but i think it's more appropriate -- >> you guys are [ bleep ]. i don't know where in the hell you get 88 days or who the [ bleep ] made that up but -- >> that's what we want to talk about, and i think it's more appropriate to talk about that >> you guys already did it so what the [ bleep ]. you already did it. you already done it. i say i know for a fact in my heart you maded a [ bleep ] mistake and i know you guys did something wrong. i know how to wor

the sex offender we met at iowa's anamosis state penitentiary has a different existence. s nearly every hour of every day inside a small protective custody cell where he never sees the sun. >> well, what happened is they accused me of killing a little girl back in 1994 and next thing i know i'm in prison and then there's people talking about a contract supposed to be out on me. >> morgan was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl. he is serving life without the possibility of parole. serving life without the possibility of parole. >> there's been a lot of threats against me and it was a high-profile crime at the time. everybody in the system knew about it and of course they're all trying to stand up and be some sort of righteous convict. it's like oh, well you know i only rob banks or i only do drugs. you know i only sell crack to kids. but this guy, he killed one. so now we're going to go and we're going to kill him. >> protective custody inmates like morgan are locked in their cells 23 hours a day to keep them from other inmates. >> at first it's

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span2 and c-span3. >>> this is c-span3, with politics and public affairs

supposedly they say this is the worst penitentiary in iowa. >> but as we learned later, fickling's newl cause to be wary of him. ç >> the main reason i'm in lockup, i got in a fight. that was my original thing while i was at ft. dodge. i assaulted this inmate with urine and feces. >> i don't want to sound ignorant. how do you use your bodily fluids and throw it on somebody? >> i used a cup. there are crazier inmates. they'll put [ bleep ] in their hands and throw it at you. some inmates smear it on the walls. it just depends on what your mind frame is. that's not me. i don't do that kind of thing because that shows like a little kid, a little kid playing in a toilet or something. it's not a grown m but obviously i couldn't get to him, and he kept disrespecting me on the range. so i just dumped in my toilet. there was some pissy water in there and i winged it on him. water, whatever was in my toilet at the time that i done it. >> as we concluded our interview, cell house 220 was finally calm. but fickling's final words to us indicated things might not remain so. >> me, i'll probably mes

the state penitentiary and wac through the halls of the governor's mansion. the local content vehicles explore the history of cities across america. next weekend from jefferson city. on c-span 2 and 3. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places. during the civil war, confederate president jefferson davis and his family lived in this mansion in richmond, virginia. in this second of a two-part tour of the home, dean knight of the museum of the confederacy tells a story about the rooms on the second floor. but, first, we asked mr. knight about how the national historic landmark has been preserved and restored since the civil war. >> let's start back in april 4th, 1865, that's when lincoln was here. jefferson davis left town april 2, 1865, about 11:00 p.m., the union army took over the city with the house on the morning of april 3rd, and abraham lincoln was here april 4th. he came in through the front doors. five days after that general lee surrendered his army and on april 14th lincoln shot, died the next day, jefferson davis c

another day in the penitentiary. >> less than 24 hours after the stabbing, the warden has regrouped, taken the prison off lockdown and is back in control. >> we get these out of here. we had the hall looking great last night. let's try to keep it that way. we learned a few things last night. if you have an incident, at least make the best of it, try to learn what you can out of it. we reorganized the laundry, the way we bring our laundry in. the piece of metal, for things coming off a grinder. i feel that took place in the metal fab. we have a couple suspects that may be producing weapons in the metal fab. we'll try to pull those guys out. it was actually about shoes being stolen. he said he paid the guy three bags of coffee and the guy stole the three bags of coffee plus didn't bring his shoes back, so that's why he stabbed him. >> he had about three stab wounds. the one in his side was serious. the doctor told him they just missed getting his liver, which would have been, could have been, terminal. but after we got him back in from the hospital, he went on to ad-seg, and, of course

. >> this is what you live for in the penitentiary. >> you want to think it's funny. >> tough [ bleep ]. >> never a dull moment. >> we send our producers and crews inside prisons. their job is to be objective observers. but in the first week of filming inside limon correction facility in colorado, something unusual happened. we inadvertently became part of the story we were covering. >> why is everybody getting agitated? we were in ad seg, administrative segregation, the prison within a prison. we started hearing inmates screaming out things and i started to hear them talking about cho-mos, which are sex offenders and then mayhem erupted. >> take that camera off me. your [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. get the [ bleep ] out of here! >> i don't want to buy your story. >> this is what i think of your story. >> i believe he threw a liquid substance under the door that smelled somewhat suspicious and we're going to report that. >> jonathan hall, serving 40 years for murder, was one of the first inmates to make it clear we weren't welcome in administrative segregation. >> unless he does calm down and

the future forward. experiences i had on "lockup" i was working in michigan city, indiana, my hometown at indiana state penitentiary i actually ran into somebody i used to hang out with when i was a child. we were shooting in the visitation room and i kind of saw him out of the corner of my eye, and it was one of those odd moments because what do you do? i didn't want to interrupt his visit and say hello, but later on as we were interviewing somebody else, he found me and came up to me and started talking to me, and talking to him for a good while and it was just the most interesting experience because i hadn't seen him in years and to be talking to him as he's now an inmate and, you know, when we were 12, 13 years old i would never have guessed i would have been seeing him in this position. >> visitation often proves to be a place not only to find great stories, but to see inmates in a different light. >> when we first met jonathan hall serving 40 years for second degree murder at colorado's limon correctional facility, we wouldn't have guessed that one of the most emotional reunions between an inmate and child wo

. >> this is what you live for in the penitentiary. never a dull moment. >> bobby must spend time in the bull pen outside while officers clean his cell. >> he can go on up there and strip my [ bleep ] cell. i got 100 friends out here. give me whatever i want to work with. >> finally got him out of the cell, moved him outside. now we'll find what he was busting that window with. here it is. one of the caps from the bull pen out there, the post. bobby getting out of the cell. somehow or another he smuggled this into his cell. one of the caps from the metal post. busting the window out. making all kind of threats about what he was going to do. he's pretty agitated right now. >> just leave him in the yard. >> we're going to leave bobby out there in the bull pen for probably three or four hours, let him calm down, think about it. when he gets through with his mad behavior, he'll be ready to apologize and get back to what he should be. >> ask any office they are works back there, i don't [ bleep ] with nobody! but it's me that has a problem b

you know, you don't have freedom when you're in the penitentiary. >> with a family to provide support. frank arrives after a haircut and change of clothes to change his offender status from prisoner to parolee. >> regardless of how well or bad your life is going, you have to report as required. we are going to come to your home. >> okay. >> and if we believe there's a reason to look around, we're going to ask to look around. you can't have weapons. possession of a firearm is a federal offense. because you're a convicted felon. you should always come to the office, ready to give a urine. >> okay. >> frank will face random drug testing as part of his parole. any positive urine test, frank could be sent right back to usp. >> i smoked marijuana. my distribution was for mushrooms. every time i get out, i end up getting high again. i hope this is different. i'm scared, though. >> frank's 30 years old. that's where offenders are usually on the cuffs. where they'll start aging out, they'll slow down and will start making responsible decisions. you'll hear a lot, i'm too old for this. i'm too

. >> a former warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary. and walk through the halls of the governor's mansion. once a month local content vehicles explore the history of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> we had pulled in for the refueling that morning at 9:30. we had moored the ship to a pier in the middle of the harbor. >> the former commander on the "uss cole" on the attack that left 17 dead and 37 injured. >> i was doing routine paperwork when at 11:18 in the morning there was a thunder rouse explosion. you could feel all 8400 tons of destroyer thrust up and to the right. we hung for a second in the air as the ship was twisting and flexing. we came back down in the water. the lights went out. everything on my desk lifted up about a foot. i grabbed the under side of my desk in a

but we found an inmate inside the penitentiary of new mexico who grew up with all of life's advantagesand yet still became a violent predator. >> i come from a nice family. a good family compared to a lot of the families i hear about in here. my dad's a retired naval officer. he retired from the navy and joined the national guard, retired from the national guard and then started going to the county for the job. he retired as the county jail administrator. my mom, she's a secretary. she's very educated, very knowledgeable and wealthy. she quit her job to stay home with me so that i would have someone there for when i got home from school. do my homework, make sure i do what i had to do. >> but that didn't keep him out of trouble. >> i never had to face consequences, so i figured i was pretty much untouchable. and i rebelled against them being so straight and i went crooked bad. >> steele's rebellion culminated in a 60-year sentence for residential burglaries, armed robbery and false imprisonment. >> i was robbing a house, boom, someone came home, i laid in wait and they came to the gara

then why are millions of americans locked up in the penitentiary? ou're so brave and you're so wild, why can't you relate to the juvenile? fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, children, cousins, in-law, friends, wake up you sleeping fools, you're headed for the pen. but then it will be too late. everyone will see that they have safely locked us up and threw away the key. thanks a lot. >> even though jones was popular among other inmates and had spent time in prison, he struggled with some aspects of life in the dormitory-style housing unit he shared with 71 other men. >> i never really liked open-bay dorms. i'm a person that likes cleanliness. a lot of people, when they sneeze or cough don't cover up. you know, sometimes i can be sitting there eating, and somebody just starts sneezing and sneezing and not covering their mouth. imagine, i try to cover my food dang, what's wrong with these people? you know. that's probably a little crazy. oh, father yahweh, please save me and deliver me. >> as aversive as he was to germs, jones was enthusiastic towards

, multiple incarcerations and violent crime convictions are common to many of the inmates at the penitentiarynew mexico, but none of them told us their personal stories of self-destruction quite the way inmate frederico munoz did while we were shooting "lockup: extended stay." >> at the hour of my birth there were no celebrations. allow me to present my many tribulations. i come from a broken home. i am a bastard child. no wonder my life was violent, fast, and wild. >> we met frederico when we were filming what we call "b" roll in the outside exercise cages at the prison. he made a striking impression on me because when we started talking, he was extremely articulate. and when he talked about his crimes, he was very self-aware and very honest about the consequences of his actions. >> i was brought up into a culture where they teach you to be violent. they teach you to outsmart the enemy. they teach you to regard later -- law enforcement and your society and your government with contempt. once you have that lifestyle, that philosophy, it's not a matter of right and wrong anymore. it becomes a

. >> we have never heard a more extreme account of gassing as the one described by kentucky state penitentiary fleece johnson. >> i asked everybody on the wall to [ bleep ] in a bucket. send it down to me. and i would take, two, three, light bulbs, put it in some toilet paper, step on it, break it in some little fragments, so when i throw it on them, they wipe it, it will cut into them and get in their blood. and i was standing there with a big old bucket of it and throw it in their face. they would just go nuts. and so the corrections finally made a law that made it a felony. and then that's when i stopped. >>> coming up on "lockup: raw." the most violent confrontations behind bars. cell extractions. >> they tell you to back up to the door. if you back up you're a bitch. you'll get lost in an all-beef hot dog world. what was i supposed to wish for? why am i wearing a bow-tie? where did i leave my bicycle? after all, when you're enjoying the beefiest juciest bite of pure kosher beef, nothing else matters. goodness gracious, that's kosher. with no fillers, by-products artificial flavors or colo

we first met roy in the original "lockup" episode at colorado state penitentiary in 2000. at the time he had been through five gruelling cell extractions. >> i got some criminal tendencies, okay? you know what i mean. i robbed, i assaulted a guy in here. it ain't like i'm in here for nothing, you know? >> roy slagle was paroled in the fall of 2008. but his twin brother, ray, is incarcerated here at limon, serving 15 years for assault. >> how is your brother, where is he at now? >> he's at home. >> is he at home? when did he get out? >> about two months ago. >> he would act out, though. he would get up to that point where he would act out. and once he calmed back down, he was reasonable. but he would get worked up. >> point of no return. >> several years prior to becoming the warden at limon, travis tranney was a lieutenant at colorado state. and had been involved in several of roy's cell extractions. >> the last four cell extractions that was ever done with him when he got sprayed, i was the one that sprayed. that was the last straw. he said he didn't want to play anymore.

the state penitentiary, of k, is located just a couple blocks east. a lot of the labor that was used in build gd this home was labor. it took about eight months to build this home at the cost of ab75,000 which you could understand now why the cost might have been as low as it was with the use of prison labor. barnett, the man who designed this home, loved large spaces. you can tell that from this room that we're in right now. there's a lot of large rooms throughout to be able to handle all of the large amounts. not only for tours, but all the special events that they host here. i'd like to point out to you the shape of this table as well as it's carried over into some ovt floor covering that we have. it is the natural footprint of the design of this home. it's two half circles on either end. if you were above the mansion looking stragt down from a helicopter, that would be the shape that you would see and the design of this house. i would like to share with you this portrait at the majs. mansion. mrs. hadley was one of the first young ladies. however,

months later cope was found not guilty but he had languished in the state penitentiary for two years. but if writing letters was a risky business it was a risk many were willing to take. frequent visits from former slaves who asked her to write letters to their family and friends using white people who were their friends as continue wits. -- conduits. black seamen carried letters between slaves and northern friends and family. there were extensive contacts between slaves who fled or free blacks who had migrated to northern cities. those involved in getting word to family and friends by letter sometimes used what's still called underground railroad parables. but even this ruse proved unavailing at times. the mere suspicion that a white person in the south was partial to the cause of the slave generally resulted in rough justice. but what prompted slaves such as henry banks to begin the work of self emancipation? my interest here is in those who left the south permanently. they comprise, i know, a small, but nonetheless, i think, significant number of the many who fled. the politics of

. >> it takes you through the missouri state penitentiary and walk back through history in the halls of the state capital and governor's mansion. they explore the cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >> we pulled in around 9:30 and had more of the ship to appear. >> the former commanding officer kirk lip old ald the event that left 17 dead and 37 injured. >> i was doing routine paperwork when at 11:18 there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 people and tons of destroyer go up to the right. we seem to hang for a second in the air as the ship was doing this odd twisting and flexing. we came back down in the water and lights went down and ceiling tiles popped out and everything lifted up about a foot and slammed back down. i grabbed the underside of my desk in a brace position until the ship stopped moving. >> more with front burner author and commander kirk lip old at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> they look at government bureaucracy. the discussion focuses on executive power and the constituti

. >> a warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary. and walk through history through the governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore life in cities across america. next week, jefferson city, missouri. saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> next, on american history tv, former reagan administration chief of staff, kenneth duberstein reflects ronald reagan speech at the berlin wall 25 years ago when he called on soviet leader gorbachev to tear down this wall. mr. duberstein who was in berlin with president reagan recalls the events leading up to the speech and its impact on the end of the cold war. he's interviewed by james duff, chief executive officer of the nuseum. this program is 40 minutes. >>> let's talk about the days leading up to the great speech, ken, and i've had the good fortune of working with senator baker over the years and he's fond of telling the story that he wanted the line out and drawn through it in a couple of drafts and almost didn't make it in the speech and

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span2 and c-span3. >>> this is c-span3, with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week, and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> caroline kennedy campaigned in new hampshire last week in support of president obama's re-election campaign. she spoke to supporters in nashua about the similarities between this year's election and her father's run for the presidency in 1960. this event at the obama campaign's new hampshire headquarters was part of her two-day tour in the state. this is about 30 minutes. >> hello

. >> a former warden take use through the former missouri state penitentiary. walk back through history in the halls of the governor's mansion and state capitol. once a month c-span explores the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern. >> up next, remarks

there he found a truck driving and there he ask them for a ride said i'd just cut loose from the old penitentiaryrie performing in 1940. that same year, he formed the almanac singers with pete seeger. i asked will kaufman to talk about the significance of the group. >> the almanac singers were release spearheaded by pete seeger and millard level and we hayes. various personnel in this band. they were -- really wanted to form what would have been the first self consciously proletarian, progressive music group in america. the idea was using songs as a means of championing the union movement, and the anti- intervention movement, until the war starts, and then they do their flip-flop and go from being anti-interventionists to war champions. they did not last long. 1942, but there were quite a few songs which were sort of the prototype for many of the political folk groups that followed, including the weavers, which grew out of the almanac singers, some of the same people in that roogroup. >> when did woody guthrie meet paul robeson? >> it would have been around the late 1940's when they met. both of

a former warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary and walk back through history in the halls of the governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's local content vehicles explore the history of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span2 and 3. >> the life of the sailor included scrubbing the deck in the morning, working on the sails, climbing aloft, whatever the duties assigned, gun drill practice, but by the end of the day you're red for rest, but you don't get a full eight hours' sleep, aboard a ship like constitution, it's four hours on, four hours off. the life of an enlisted man aboard the uss constitution during the war of 1812. >> the sailor lived in fear of the possibility of being whipped by a cat of nine tails. it was always carried by a petty officer in a bag and the thing the sailor never

the missouri state penitentiary is located just couple blocks east of the governor's mansion. a lot of labor that was used in building this home was prison labor. it took about eight months to build this home and at the cost of about $75,000, which you could understand now why the cost might have been quite as low as it was with the use of prison labor. george barnett, the man who designed this home, loved large spaces, and you can tell that from the double parlor. there's a lot of large rooms throughout to accompany and be able to handle all the large amounts of people that come to the mansion not only for tours but all of the special events they host here at the mansion. i'd like to point out to you the shape of this table that you have in front of you as well as it's carried over into some of the floor coverings that we have. it is the natural footprint of the design of this home. it ee's rectangular sides and t half circles on either end. if you are above the mansion looking straight down from the helicopter, that would be the shape that you would see and the design of thi

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. ck through history in the halls of the missouri state capital and governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore the history of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span2 and 3. >>> the federalist society at stanford university law school recently held a conference looking at government bureaucracy on the constitution. this panel discussion focuses on executive power. the constitution and congress. speakers include law school professors and former clinton, bush and obama administration officials. this is an 1:45. >> testing. welcome back. thank you for joining us for our third panel. you'll be happy to note that professor yu did get his photo shoot. turns out vice president cheney did not recognize him. but he'll still have that for posterity. this panel -- first i have to make an announcement. two of our panelists professor yu and levinson will be selling their new books during the lunch hour