PBS NewsHour: Divided High Court Orders Calif. to Ease Overcrowding in Prisons (with photos)

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Run time: 07:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnu_6T-2ZpY   Posted on YouTube: May 24, 2011 By YouTube Member: PBSNewsHour Views on YouTube: 155   Posted on DU: May 24, 2011 By DU Member: alp227 Views on DU: 672

 
The high court ruled 5-4 Monday that the packed living conditions in California prisons violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle explains.

This report also shows black-and-white photographs incorporated in the decision (0:30 and 5:40).

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1. Here's a screencap of an included picture of cells that hold mentally ill prisoners. Must see!

Imagine. This is how they treat the mentally and criminally ill prisoners. There's no other context, like whether they are violent offenders; just that they are mentally ill. The photo occurs at 5:45.