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Prisons In Crisis: A State Of Emergency In California

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California's prison crisis--how it started and possible solutions.

"Prisons In Crisis" is a one-hour radio documentary that highlights some of the major parts of California's current crisis in its prison system and describes how it started--how tough-on-crime legislation and the zero tolerance policies of the 80's and 90's led to more convictions, longer sentences, and an explosion in the prison population. California now has the highest prison population and the highest recidivism rate in the country--prisons are overcrowded, prison medical care and mental health care are in chaos, and its juvenile detention system has been called the worst in the nation. This program describes how the crisis is finally forcing policy makers, politicians, and government officials to reconsider the punitive policies of the past two decades and consider alternative approaches to incarceration and parole. Hide full description

"Prisons In Crisis" is a one-hour radio documentary that highlights some of the major parts of California's current crisis in its prison system and describes how it started--how tough-on-crime legislation and the zero tolerance policies of the 80's and 90's led to more convictions, longer sentences, and an explosion in the prison population. California now has the highest prison population and the highest recidivism rate in the country--prisons are overcrowded, prison medical care and mental health care are in chaos, and its juvenile detention system has been called the worst in the nation. This program describes how the crisis...
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PRISONS IN CRISIS--A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA

Part 1

Grassroots Prison Radio presents--"Prisons In Crisis--A
State Of Emergency In California."

(To SFX 1/Sound collage)

Robert Sillen "It's sort of unbelievable--this is California in
the 21st century."

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger "When I took office 3-and-a-half
years ago, we had inherited a broken prison system that was
dangerously overcrowded and was totally out of control"

Raymond "In my first term, when I went to prison, I was cut in
my throat right here and I had to be in hospital for three
weeks."

Michael Bien "My clients are suffering right now, the
correctional officers and the medical staff are all suffering
right now."

Pat Nolan "We're locking away thirty years to life people who
stole six or seven childrens' videos or someone who stole a
sandwich."

Chuck Alexander "The p...
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Two 30 second music beds at 14:34 and 37:26

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Running Time
"Woman At The Tier" Suzanne Vega Dead Man Walking. Columbia, 1995. 00:30
"Liquid Moon" Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke The Insider. Columbia, 1999. 01:00
"Broken" Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke The Insider. Columbia, 1999. 00:15
"Steps" Mickey Hart The Apolcalypse Now Sessions. Ryko, 1989. 00:15
"Village Entrance Theme" Robyn Miller Riven. Virgin, 1998. 00:15
"Earth" David Darling Dark Wood. ECM, 1995. 00:30
"Amazing Grace" Judy Collins Forever. Elektra, 1997. 00:30
"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" Kelly Joe Phelps Roll Away The Stone. Ryko, 1997. 00:15
"Ever More Other" David Torn Prezens. ECM, 2007. 00:15
"Passing Cloud" Stephen Micus The Garden Of Mirrors. ECM, 1997. 01:00

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