Terrence Howard Hosts a PBS Special on Prisoners' Rights - June 3rd
There's a full slate of interesting programming on PBS tonight. Starting at 8pm EST, there's an hour-and-a-half special on solar energy, followed by a half-hour segment on an inspiring individual who battled back against homelessness, and then a one-hour special on a Mexican-American's legal battle against the violence and abuse of prisoners' rights in the Texas prison system. This last special is part of the weekly "Independent Lens" series hosted by Terrence Howard (the Oscar-nominated actor from Hustle & Flow):"Self-taught jailhouse lawyer Fred Cruz challenged the constitutionality of prison conditions in Texas in the 1960s. His extraordinary battle to expose the sanctioned brutality of life in prison and strike down rules that blocked prisoners from legal representation blazed the path to state prison reform."
On the AWEARNESS blog, David Alm has recently written about A Second Chance for Freed Convicts, Prisoners Reclaiming Their Right to Vote, and the staggering size of the U.S. prison population.
[image: Independent Lens "Writ Writer"]
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Thanks for keeping us posted about important upcoming pbs shows. I will be sure to watch the one-hour special about the Texas prison system. It sounds incredibly sad and incredibly important.
Perri
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