Democracy Now : November 12 : Our Exploding Prison Population. Crisis In Zaire

DEMOCRACY NOW : NOVEMBER 12 : OUR EXPLIDING PRISON POPULATION. CRISIS IN ZAIRE / Pacific Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - Democracy Now is a daily election year program which takes an in-depth look at the political landscape and interviews visionaries from all walks of life, including members of grassroots organizations who challenge the status quo. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (3:00) -- pt.2. The war on drugs and the exploding prison population| guests Jerome Miller, author of the book, Search and Destroy and director of the National Center of Institutions and Alternatives in Harlem, NY and Paul Kamenar, Legal Director of the Washington Legal Foundation and Darrell King, Executive Director of the Community Justice Center in Harlem, NY| discussion about the social and economic cost of our nation's crime policies (16:00) -- pt.3. More on the war on drugs (9:00) -- pt.4. The crisis in Central Africa has reached a critical juncture| guests Rakiya Omaar of African Rights ni Kigali, Rwanda and Kathi Austin, director of the Africa Project in Washington D.C. and Dr. Horace Campbell, professor of African American Studies at Syracuse University program based in South Africa (10:00) - Broadcast November 12, 1996.