British news in-depth coverage on Cal prison overcrowding

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The top story of the June 21 edition of Channel 4 News in the UK was about the California prison overcrowding. C4 Washington correspondent Sarah Smith , including inside footage from state prisons and a look inside a rehab center whose director criticized the prison retribution/punishment model.

Last month, the US Supreme Court ruled that California prison conditions violated the 8th amendment and so the state has to reduce prison population. Here's an example of an American news report on the case from . And a local report from . But I've never seen an American media outlet go this deep inside a state prison system.

Some Channel 4 reports are distributed to the PBS NewsHour in America via Independent Television News.