Video and Multimedia

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States Utilize the Marion Model

Video Link:  http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/reassessing-solitary-confinement-the-human-rights-fiscal-and-public-safety-consequences

This video shows the first-ever Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement, including testimony from a man wrongfully incarcerated and spent over 18 years in solitary confinement.

  1. Why is there a Congressional hearing about solitary confinement
  2. What does Anthony Graves’ testimony reveal about solitary confinement?
  3. What does this hearing reveal about the balance between security and human rights in supermax facilities?

 

Accommodations for Inmates with Disabilities

Audio Link:  http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=5005778&m=5005779

This NPR story discusses the aging inmate population, including unique challenges and potential solutions.

  1. Why is the elderly inmate population rising?
  2. What are unique challenges that aging inmates face?
  3. How can correctional facilities address aging inmates’ needs?

 

Accommodations for Inmates with Disabilities
Audio Link:  http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=5005778&m=5005779

This NPR report discusses a 2005 Supreme Court case regarding the ADA's application in prison.

  1. What are the disputes regarding inmates with disabilities in this hearing?
  2. What arrangements can correctional facilities make to address the needs of inmates with disabilities?

 

Perimeter Security
Web Link:  http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/state/escapees-may-have-eluded-perimeter-state-police-say-20150624

This local news report documents the 2015 escape of two prisoners from a New York facility.

  1. What does this story reveal about perimeter security?

 

Avoiding Blind Spots in Correctional Facilities
Web Link:  https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2015/aug/28/federal-court-orders-cameras-cover-blind-spots-north-carolina-prison/

This article discusses a court mandate to install cameras throughout a North Carolina prison in response to staff beating inmates.

  1. What were the facts presented in the case?
  2. What does this case reveal about blind spots in prison?
  3. How does this court order hope to address blind spots and violence within prison?