Inside Sac State Prison / Essie Mae Washington-Williams


Inside Sacramento State Prison: The most violent male convicts, murderers, sex offenders, and armed robbers, are sent to California State Prison.  With rare access to the prison, Journalist Lisa Ling gained an insider's perspective on a tense and violent community always on the edge of chaos.  

Lisa Ling joins host Jeffrey Callison to talk about "Surviving Maximum Security," the latest installment of the National Geographic Channel's Explorer series. 

"Surviving Maximum Security" debuts on the National Geographic Channel Sunday, April 10th at 8:00 pm. 

Essie Mae Washington-Williams:  Essie Mae Washington-Williams breaks nearly 8 decades of silence in her book, Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thumond.  In it she tells the incredible story of her complicated yet devoted relationship with her father, who was one of the leading white segregationists in the 20th century.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams gave a lecture in Sacramento this weekend, and joins host Jeffrey Callison on this edition of Insight.
 

 
Monday, April 04, 2005