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Tough Justice in Britain -Texas Style
Could Texas help the United Kingdom bring down its prison population, currently the highest in western Europe Panorama joins Michael Gove on a fact-finding mission.
Texas executes more people and locks up more offenders than anywhere else in America. But now this conservative state is the unlikely centre of a rehabilitation-led revolution in prison reform that's sweeping through the US. Crime is down, prisoner numbers have fallen and on top of this - they've cut costs. Could there be lessons for other countries? The United Kingdom has the highest imprisonment rate in Western Europe. Panorama joins Michael Gove - the man in charge of British prisons - on a fact-finding mission to Texas.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reporter | Ian Birrell |
| Producer | Judith Ahern |
| Editor | Ceri Thomas |
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- Sat 21 Nov 201501:30GMTBBC News Channel except BBC News North America, BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
- Sat 21 Nov 201515:30GMTBBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
- Sun 22 Nov 201509:30GMTBBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
- Sun 22 Nov 201520:30GMTBBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD