>> Sreenivasan: ON THIS EDITION
FOR SATURDAY, MAY 12: IRAQIS GO
TO THE POLLS FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THE DEFEAT OF ISIS; IN OUR
SIGNATURE SEGMENT, MOTHERS
RAISING THEIR BABIES WHILE DOING
TIME IN PRISON; AND, WHAT'S
BEHIND THE DECISION OF MUSIC
STREAMING SERVICES TO STOP "HATE
CONTENT"?
NEXT ON PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND.
FROM THE TISCH WNET STUDIOS AT
LINCOLN CENTER IN NEW YORK,
HARI SREENIVASAN.
>> Sreenivasan: GOOD EVENING,
AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WITH THE U.S.-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT
NOW SET FOR JUNE 12 IN
SINGAPORE, NORTH KOREA SAYS IT
WILL DESTROY AN UNDERGROUND
NUCLEAR TEST SITE LESS THAN TWO
WEEKS FROM NOW, AND WILL INVITE
JOURNALISTS AS WITNESSES.
NORTH KOREA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY
SAID TUNNELS AT THE SITE WILL BE
BLOWN UP SOME TIME BETWEEN MAY
23 AND 25, DEPENDING ON WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
RESEARCH FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE
DESTROYED.
NORTH KOREA SAID IT WOULD INVITE
AND ESCORT JOURNALISTS FROM FIVE
COUNTRIES-- THE UNITED STATES,
SOUTH KOREA, CHINA, RUSSIA AND
BRITAIN-- TO COVER THE EVENT.
THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ALLOWING
WEAPONS INSPECTORS OR NUCLEAR
EXPERTS AT THE SITE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAWYER, RUDY
GIULIANI, IS WALKING BACK HIS
STATEMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT
"DENIED THE MERGER" OF AT&T AND
TIME WARNER.
THIS MORNING, CNN REPORTED THAT
GIULIANI NOW SAYS THAT THE
PRESIDENT "DIDN'T INTERFERE" IN
THE PROPOSED $85 BILLION MERGER.
IN AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY WITH
THE "HUFFINGTON POST" THAT
FOCUSED ON PAYMENTS, THE
PRESIDENT'S LONG-TIME PERSONAL
LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN RECEIVED
FROM CORPORATIONS INCLUDING
AT&T, GIULIANI SAID, "THE
PRESIDENT DENIED THE MERGER.
THEY DIDN'T GET THE RESULT THEY
WANTED."
COHEN RECEIVED $600,000 FROM
AT&T FOR ADVICE, A PAYMENT
AT&T'S C.E.O. CALLED A "BIG
MISTAKE."
OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR MARY FALLIN,
A REPUBLICAN, VETOED A
CONTROVERSIAL GUN RIGHTS BILL
LATE LAST NIGHT AND SIGNED
ANOTHER ON FAITH-BASED ADOPTION
SERVICES.
FALLIN VETOED A BILL THAT WOULD
HAVE ALLOWED ADULTS TO CARRY
FIREARMS WITHOUT A PERMIT OR
TRAINING, ANGERING THE NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION BUT PLEASING
THE STATE BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION.
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A LAW THAT
PROTECTS FAITH-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT REFUSE TO
PLACE CHILDREN IN L.G.B.T.Q.
HOMES.
FREEDOM OKLAHOMA, AN L.G.B.T.Q.
RIGHTS GROUP, IS THREATENING TO
SUE THE STATE OVER THE MEASURE.
THE KILAUEA VOLCANO ON HAWAII'S
BIG ISLAND IS STILL ERUPTING,
AND NOW THERE ARE NEW CONCERNS
ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT.
SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING THAT LAVA
LEVELS INSIDE THE VOLCANO MAY
DROP BELOW THE WATER TABLE,
WHICH COULD CREATE A VOLCANIC
STEAM-DRIVEN ERUPTION.
HAWAII CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS
SAY THAT COULD SEND BOULDERS AS
LARGE AS REFRIGERATORS HALF A
MILE INTO THE AIR ALONG WITH
20,000-FOOT ASH PLUMES.
THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD SAYS
IT IS PREPARED TO RESCUE SOME
2,000 PEOPLE BY CONVOY, TROOP
VEHICLES OR HELICOPTER.
>> Sreenivasan: IRAQ HELD A
NATIONAL ELECTION TODAY, THE
FIRST SINCE PRIME MINISTER
HAIDER AL-ABADI DECLARED VICTORY
OVER THE ISLAMIC STATE IN
DECEMBER.
RESULTS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE
NEXT TWO DAYS, BUT IT WILL
LIKELY BE MONTHS BEFORE A PRIME
MINISTER IS CHOSEN AND A NEW
GOVERNMENT IS FORMED.
FOR SOME ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S AT
STAKE, I'M JOINED VIA SKYPE FROM
BAGHDAD BY "NEW YORK TIMES"
BUREAU CHIEF MARGARET COKER.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
SO, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE
HAVEN'T SEEN ANY WIDESPREAD
VIOLENCE OR ATTACKS, SOMETHING
THE COUNTRY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT
FOR TODAY.
>> RIGHT.
IT'S REALLY AMAZING, ACTUALLY.
IN 2014, A THIRD OF THE NATION
HAD BEEN OVERRUN BY ISLAMIC
STATE.
PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
END OF IRAQ.
AND NOW, WE'VE HAD A NATIONAL
ELECTION, ALMOST NO VIOLENCE, A
FEW IRREGULARITIES, BUT PEOPLE
WERE PRETTY FREE TO COME AND...
AND VOTE AS THEY CHOSE.
>> Sreenivasan: WHAT DID YOU
OR YOUR REPORTERS SEE AT THE
POLLING STATIONS TODAY?
>> WELL, I WAS IN BAGHDAD.
I WENT AROUND THE BIG CAPITAL
CITY TO FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT
POLLING STATIONS IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CITY, AND TURNOUT
WAS VERY LOW.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GENERAL MOOD
HERE OF JUST UTTER EXHAUSTION.
THERE WAS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
BATTLE, A LOT OF SACRIFICE, A
LOT OF LIVES LOST OVER THE LAST
THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED.
AND SECURITY IS SO GOOD NOW THAT
EVERYONE IS CONCERNED AGAIN WITH
QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES-- A LACK
OF INFRASTRUCTURE, A LACK OF
SCHOOLS, A LACK OF JOBS.
AND SO, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE
ROUTINE PROBLEMS THAT APPEAR
OVERWHELMING, BUT, ALSO, THERE'S
A LACK OF TRUST IN THE POLITICAL
LEADERSHIP ABOUT HOW THESE
THINGS CAN GET SOLVED.
SO, THE MOOD ON THE STREET IS...
IS PRETTY SUBDUED.
>> Sreenivasan: LET'S TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE...
THE BIGGER PICTURE, THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND
HERE.
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PERHAPS IRAN
IN... IN THE INFLUENCE THAT IRAN
WIELDS IN IRAQ RIGHT NOW, OR HOW
LONG THE UNITED STATES WILL STAY
IN IRAQ AND IN KIND OF WHAT
CAPACITY?
>> YEAH, SO, ONE OF THE AMAZING
THINGS ABOUT LAST FALL AND INTO
THE WINTER WHEN IRAQ DECLARED
VICTORY OVER ISLAMIC STATE,
THERE'S THIS TREMENDOUS SURGE OF
PATRIOTISM AND NATIONALISM.
PEOPLE ARE PROUD AGAIN TO BE
IRAQIS, AND THERE'S QUITE A LOT
OF BREATHING SPACE RIGHT NOW FOR
IRAQI NATIONALISTS TO COME TO
THE FORE.
I MEAN, PEOPLE WHO EITHER PULLED
ONE WAY TOWARDS IRAN OR PULLED
ONE WAY TOWARDS AMERICA TEN
YEARS AGO ARE NOW TRYING TO
REPOSITION THEMSELVES
POLITICALLY AS BEING
NATIONALISTS FIRST AND IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE POLITICAL
SPECTRUM.
AND THERE'S A VERY, VERY STRONG
SENSE AMONG THE IRAQI
POPULATION THAT SECTARIANISM--
WHICH THEY BLAME A LOT FOR ALL
OF THE BLOODSHED THAT HAS
BEFALLEN IRAQ OVER THE LAST
DECADE-- THEY SAY THAT THE ERA
OF SECTARIANISM IS OVER.
AND SO, WHAT THAT MEANS IN A
CODED FASHION IS THAT POLITICAL
PARTIES THAT LOOK TOO CLOSE TO
IRAN OR TOO CLOSE TO ANY OTHER
OF THE REGIONAL POWERS, THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO DO WELL IN THESE
POLLS.
>> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT,
MARGARET COKER, "NEW YORK TIMES"
BUREAU CHIEF, JOINING US VIA
SKYPE FROM BAGHDAD TONIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> Sreenivasan: WHEN A PREGNANT
WOMAN GOES TO PRISON, MOST OFTEN
SHE HAS TO GIVE UP HER BABY TO A
RELATIVE OR ANOTHER CAREGIVER
UNTIL SHE FINISHES SERVING HER
SENTENCE.
TONIGHT, IN THE FIRST OF A TWO-
PART REPORT ABOUT CHILDREN WHOSE
PARENTS ARE INCARCERATED,
NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S MEGAN
THOMPSON HAS THE STORY OF AN
INNOVATIVE PRISON PROGRAM THAT
ALLOWS MOTHER AND CHILD TO STAY
TOGETHER BEHIND BARS.
>> Reporter: BRENDA SINGER IS
SERVING TWO YEARS AT THE INDIANA
WOMEN'S PRISON IN INDIANAPOLIS
FOR OPIOID POSSESSION AND
FAILING TO SHOW UP AT A WORK
RELEASE PROGRAM.
WHEN SHE ARRIVED HERE IN
JANUARY, SHE WAS ALMOST NINE
MONTHS PREGNANT.
IT MEANT SHE'D GIVE BIRTH BEHIND
BARS AND POSSIBLY BE SEPARATED
FROM HER BABY JUST HOURS LATER.
>> I WAS SCARED.
I WAS REALLY WORRIED.
I WOULD HAVE HAD A LITTLE UNDER
24 HOURS WITH HER.
BUT THAT'S... THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN JUST, LIKE, HAVING HER AND
PUSHING HER AWAY.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
HAPPENED.
TWO WEEKS AFTER GETTING HERE,
SINGER GAVE BIRTH TO HER
DAUGHTER, DORIS.
LITTLE DORIS NOW LIVES HERE IN
THE PRISON WITH HER MOTHER, IN A
SPECIAL UNIT CALLED THE "WEE
ONES' NURSERY."
>> SHE'S AMAZING.
FIRST SMILE BREAKS YOUR HEART.
(LAUGHS )
JUST MELT, YOU KNOW?
>> Reporter: AND YOU GOT TO SEE
IT.
>> YEAH.
THANKS TO WEE ONES.
>> SO, TODAY, DORIS HAS AN
APPOINTMENT AT 9:00 A.M.
>> OKAY.
>> I JUST WANT TO GO OVER
EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: LEAH HESSION IS THE
NURSERY'S DIRECTOR.
>> WEE ONES WAS STARTED IN APRIL
OF 2008 AS A WAY FOR PREGNANT
LOW-LEVEL OFFENDERS TO BE ABLE
TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN AFTER...
AFTER DELIVERY WHILE THE
MOTHER'S STILL INCARCERATED.
>> Reporter: THE UNITED STATES
PUTS MORE FEMALES IN PRISON THAN
ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,
AND THE MAJORITY OF INCARCERATED
WOMEN ARE MOTHERS.
BUT PRISON NURSERIES ARE RARE;
THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT IN THE
COUNTRY.
FOR SOME PEOPLE WATCHING THIS,
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT
SURPRISING TO SEE BABIES IN A
PRISON.
IS IT GOOD FOR A BABY TO BE
LIVING IN A PRISON?
>> I THINK SO.
THESE ARE INFANTS.
THESE ARE BABIES WHO ARE MONTHS
OLD, WHO JUST WANT TO BE HELD
AND NURSED AND LOVED BY THEIR
MOTHERS.
AND... AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
ABLE TO PROVIDE IN A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> Reporter: THE NURSERY IS
HOUSED IN ITS OWN DORMITORY,
WHERE MOTHERS LIVE SEPARATED
FROM THE NEARLY 600 OTHER
PRISONERS.
>> SO, THIS IS ONE OF OUR
MOTHER'S ROOMS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT ONLY HAS
ONE BED.
A TYPICAL OFFENDER ROOM'S GOING
TO HAVE A BUNK BED, SO IT'LL BE
TWO OFFENDERS TO A ROOM.
WITH OUR MOTHER'S ROOM, WE ONLY
HAVE ONE BED AND ROOM FOR THE
CRIB, SO IT GIVES THE MOTHER AND
CHILD TIME TO BOND.
>> Reporter: WHEN WE VISITED,
THERE WERE FOUR BABIES IN THE
NURSERY.
THERE'S ROOM FOR UP TO TEN.
PREGNANT PRISONERS CAN LIVE
HERE, TOO.
>> OVER HERE, THIS IS ALSO A
NURSERY.
THIS NURSERY DOES HAVE A
TELEVISION IN IT.
IT'S GOT TWO OF THE ELECTRIC
SWINGS, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE...
LITTLE MORE POPULAR.
BUT THIS HERE IS OUR SUPPLY
CLOSET.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THE
WEE ONES' NURSERY IS FUNDED
ENTIRELY BY PRIVATE DONATIONS
AND GRANTS, INCLUDING ALL THE
DIAPERS AND WIPES.
>> WE HAVE TWO CLOSETS.
WE HAVE A BOYS' CLOSET AND A
GIRLS' CLOSET.
>> Reporter: SAME GOES FOR THE
BABY CLOTHES.
MOST OF THEM ARE DONATED AND
THEN REUSED.
>> THE MOTHERS ARE ABLE TO COME
AND EXCHANGE CLOTHES EVERY OTHER
WEEK JUST AS THEIR CHILD GROWS
SO MUCH IN THE FIRST YEAR.
>> LUNCH!
>> Reporter: TO LIVE HERE, WOMEN
MUST BE LOW-LEVEL OFFENDERS WITH
ZERO HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.
AND THEIR SENTENCES MUST BE
RELATIVELY SHORT SO THEY'LL BE
RELEASED BY THE TIME THEIR CHILD
TURNS TWO.
>> I GOT SOME WOMEN WHO NEED TO
GO...
>> Reporter: THE STAKES ARE
HIGH.
IF THEY BREAK THE RULES, THEY
COULD GET KICKED OUT.
>> WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS FROM
ROOM INSPECTIONS TO CLASSES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT SHE MUST
COMPLETE.
SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE AND A WILLINGNESS TO
CHANGE HER LIFE.
>> I HATE BEING ON DRUGS.
I HATE THAT LIFE.
BUT I CAN'T LET IT HOLD ON TO ME
BECAUSE I'M READY TO MOVE
FORWARD.
I'M READY TO BE A BETTER PERSON.
I'M READY TO BE A BETTER MOM
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> Reporter: 28-YEAR-OLD JAMIE
BEAM HAS BATTLED ADDICTION SINCE
SHE WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
SHE SAYS HER DRUG OF CHOICE IS
METHAMPHETAMINE.
SHE WAS CONVICTED LAST YEAR OF
BURGLARY AND OF ILLEGAL
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
WHEN SHE WAS LOCKED UP LAST
SUMMER, SHE WAS ABOUT FIVE
MONTHS PREGNANT.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD
BE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN,
WHO... WHO SHE'D BE WITH.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS, AND I
WAS VERY SCARED.
THERE YOU GO.
ALL BETTER NOW.
>> Reporter: KHLOE WAS BORN IN
DECEMBER.
>> SHE IS SUCH A HAPPY BABY.
SHE'S FULL OF SMILES.
JUST VERY HAPPY.
AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I DIDN'T
HAVE TO MISS OUT ON THAT.
>> Reporter: BEAM HAS RAISED TWO
OTHER YOUNG DAUGHTERS WHO ARE
NOW LIVING WITH THEIR DAD IN
MICHIGAN.
>> IT'S OKAY.
(LAUGHS )
>> Reporter: IN HERE, SOBER,
BEAM FEELS SHE'S ABLE TO FOCUS
MORE ON KHLOE THAN SHE WAS WITH
HER OTHER CHILDREN.
>> OH, I DO, BUNNY, BUNNY,
BUNNY.
I NOTICE A LOT MORE PARENTING,
YOU KNOW, THINGS THAN I DID WITH
MY OTHER GIRLS JUST BECAUSE
BEING ON THE... THE OUTSIDE,
THERE'S DISTRACTIONS.
THERE'S COMING AND GOING, YOU
KNOW, VERSUS ME AND KHLOE WHERE
IT'S JUST, LIKE, ONE ON ONE, ALL
THE TIME, EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW HER
SHE'S GOT A MOM WHO LOVES HER
AND IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF HER
AND BE THERE FOR HER.
I... I DON'T KNOW IF LATER IN
THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE THIS BOND, WHERE OUR
RELATIONSHIP WOULD BE.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S...
THAT BOND IS GOING TO BE HOW HER
WHOLE LIFE MIGHT TURN OUT.
SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT, YEAH.
>> Reporter: ANGELA TOMLIN SAYS
THAT'S NOT CRAZY AT ALL.
SHE'S A PSYCHOLOGIST AND EXPERT
IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE.
>> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
KIDS TO HAVE THAT EARLY
ATTACHMENT TO THEIR PARENTS.
>> Reporter: TOMLIN NOTES THAT
THE BRAINS OF INFANTS ARE STILL
DEVELOPING, AND BABIES NEED
CERTAIN SOCIAL EXPERIENCES TO
HELP THEIR BRAINS FORM.
>> AND THAT SOCIAL EXPERIENCE
THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARENT.
SO, WE NEED, OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, DAY TO DAY, MOMENT-BY-
MOMENT EXPERIENCES OF HAVING
THE PARENT SEE THE BABY,
UNDERSTAND THE BABY'S NEED AND
FULFILL IT OVER TIME.
AND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT
HAPPENS THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS
THAT THE CHILD COMES TO KNOW IN,
LIKE, A REAL WAY THAT THEY ARE
PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY
SAFE.
AND THAT SENSE OF SAFETY OR
TRUST IS WHAT WE THINK OF WHEN
WE THINK OF AS A SECURE
ATTACHMENT.
THAT SECURE ATTACHMENT HAS SO
MANY BENEFITS DOWN THE ROAD--
DOING WELL IN SCHOOL, GETTING
ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND
REALLY GROWING UP TO BE A
SENSITIVE PARENT THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS AT
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COMPARED
BABIES WHO LIVED IN PRISON
NURSERIES TO THOSE RAISED BY
MOTHERS OUTSIDE WITH SIMILAR
RISK FACTORS LIKE DRUG
ADDICTION.
THEY FOUND THAT A LARGER NUMBER
OF THE PRISON-NURSERY BABIES
DEVELOPED SECURE ATTACHMENTS.
ANOTHER COLUMBIA STUDY FOUND
THESE CHILDREN WERE LESS ANXIOUS
AND LESS DEPRESSED ONCE THEY GOT
TO PRESCHOOL COMPARED TO BABIES
WHO'D BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR
INCARCERATED MOMS.
AND MOST CHILDREN ARE SEPARATED.
ALL THE MOMS IN THE WEE ONES'
NURSERY AND OF MOST THE OTHER
INMATES HERE HAVE OLDER KIDS
THEY HAD TO LEAVE BEHIND.
>> ANY TIME A CHILD IS SEPARATED
FROM THEIR PARENT, THAT HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO BE EXPERIENCED AS A
TRAUMA.
>> Reporter: TOMLIN SAYS IT CAN
BE ESPECIALLY TRAUMATIC FOR
CHILDREN WHEN A MOTHER GOES TO
PRISON BECAUSE SHE'S USUALLY THE
PRIMARY CAREGIVER.
>> SO, IF DAD GOES TO PRISON,
MOM OFTEN IS STILL THERE FOR THE
CHILD.
WHEN MOM GOES TO PRISON, A LOT
OF TIMES IT'S NOT THE DAD WHO'S
AVAILABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE
CHILD.
IT MAY BE ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER.
THE CHILD MAY BE IN A FOSTER
CARE SITUATION.
>> Reporter: WHILE KIDS CAN
DEVELOP SECURE ATTACHMENTS TO
OTHER CAREGIVERS, LIKE
GRANDPARENTS, REGULAR VISITS TO
THEIR MOTHERS IN PRISON CAN
HELP, TOO.
>> EVERY TIME HE COMES DOWN
HERE, THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS, IS
THE DINOSAURS.
>> Reporter: THE INDIANA WOMEN'S
PRISON "FAMILY PRESERVATION
PROGRAM" HAS A HUGE PLAY AREA
WHERE VISITING KIDS CAN RUN
FREE.
>> I PERSONALLY PRETTY MUCH JUST
PRETEND LIKE IT'S HOME.
>> Reporter: JESSICA INHOLT
DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THE WEE ONES'
NURSERY BECAUSE HER SENTENCE FOR
DEALING HEROIN WAS TOO LONG.
BUT HER MOM FAITHFULLY BRINGS
HER TWO-YEAR-OLD SON, TRIPP, TO
VISIT EVERY WEEKEND.
>> YOU KNOW, I SET SNACKS OUT
FOR HIM AND MAKE SURE HE'S NOT
GOING TO HURT HIMSELF PLAYING
AROUND.
BEING A FIRST-TIME MOM AND BEING
IN PRISON, I JUST TRY AND DO THE
BEST THAT I CAN TO LEARN HOW TO
BE A MOM WHILE I'M HERE, SO...
>> Reporter: PLAY ROOMS LIKE
THIS ONE GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS
HELPING MOMS DEVELOP AND
MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THEIR CHILDREN, SAYS ANGELA
TOMLIN, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO
TYPICAL PRISON VISITING ROOMS
WHERE PRISONERS OFTEN CAN'T HOLD
THEIR CHILDREN OR EVEN MIGHT BE
SITTING BEHIND GLASS.
>> THE CHILD NEEDS TO SEE THE
PARENT AS A CAREGIVER.
SO, WE NEED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
THE CHILD CAN BEHAVE IN A
TYPICAL WAY, AND THE PARENT CAN
HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO
THE CHILD IN A TYPICAL WAY.
>> HI, BABY!
>> Reporter: BACK IN THE WEE
ONES' NURSERY BRENDA SINGER
STAYS IN TOUCH WITH HER FIVE
OTHER CHILDREN WITH PHONE CALLS.
MOST OF THEM LIVE IN OHIO, TOO
FAR AWAY FOR REGULAR VISITS.
>> AW, YOU GOT A BELLY ACHE?
>> Reporter: SINGER, WHO'S BEEN
INCARCERATED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES
BEFORE, TRIES TO CALL EVERY DAY.
>> I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.
I DO WORRY ABOUT THEM HAVING
TRUST WITH ME.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTERS, I HAD QUITE
A BIT OF CONFRONTATION WITH THEM
BECAUSE THEY JUST FELT LIKE, YOU
KNOW, "WE'RE TIRED, MOM.
SO, EITHER GET IT RIGHT THIS
TIME OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU
KNOW, I... YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
BE MY MOM," PRETTY MUCH IS HOW I
GOT IT.
SO, IT HURTS THEM.
YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DO WE DO THE
TIME, BUT THEY DO.
SO, WE LET THEM DOWN.
I LET THEM DOWN, I SHOULD SAY.
>> Reporter: DOING TIME IN THE
NURSERY IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE MOMS
THE CHANCE TO TURN THINGS
AROUND, AND PROPONENTS OF THIS
PROGRAM SAY IT CAN HELP MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
A 2013 STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY
OF INDIANAPOLIS FOLLOWED WOMEN
WHO SPENT TIME IN THE WEE ONES'
NURSERY.
COMPARED TO WOMEN SEPARATED FROM
THEIR BABIES, THEY WERE ABOUT
HALF AS LIKELY TO RETURN TO
PRISON WITHIN THEIR FIRST YEAR
OF RELEASE.
TO MAKE SURE THE NEW MOMS CAN GO
TO THERAPY AND CLASSES, THERE'S
CHILDCARE PROVIDED BY OTHER,
LOW-LEVEL OFFENDERS WHO LIVE ON
THE UNIT, TOO.
WHILE HER BABY'S LOOKED AFTER,
JAMIE BEAM ATTENDS A COCAINE
ANONYMOUS GROUP, A 12-STEP
PROGRAM AND CULINARY ARTS
CLASSES.
THE PRISON ALSO OFFERS PRENATAL,
POSTNATAL AND PARENTING CLASSES.
>> BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF I
WEREN'T TO BE WITH HER, I'D
PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO WORK ON
MYSELF AS QUICK AS I HAVE BEEN,
JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WOULD
BE MISSING A VERY IMPORTANT TIME
OF KHLOE'S LIFE.
>> Reporter: BRENDA SINGER IS
GOING THROUGH A REHABILITATION
PROGRAM HERE, TOO.
YOU'VE BEEN INCARCERATED BEFORE.
>> RIGHT.
>> Reporter: IS THERE SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS TIME, THIS PLACE,
THIS STAY THAT MEANS YOU'RE
GOING TO TURN IT AROUND?
>> OH, YEAH.
I MISSED A LOT.
I'M GOING TO MISS MY GRANDSON'S
BIRTH, AND THAT TEARS ME UP.
BUT I MADE THOSE CHOICES.
SO, IF THIS WASN'T A SMACK IN
THE FACE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
WOULD BE.
>> Reporter: WHEN DORIS IS
OLDER, WHEN SHE'S GROWN UP, WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO TELL HER ABOUT
THIS CHAPTER OF HER LIFE?
>> THAT MOM... MOM LEARNED A LOT
JUST BY HAVING HER WITH ME.
SHE'S MY COACH.
AS I CALL HER, SHE'S MY BOSS
RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S... IT'S GREAT BECAUSE I
NEED THAT.
I NEED THAT MENTALLY, TO BE
FIXATED ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DRUGS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT PILLS OR, YOU
KNOW, ROLLING THE NEXT BLUNT OR
DRINKING MY NEXT DRINK.
IT'S ABOUT DORIS AT THE END OF
THE DAY AND ALL DAY.
IT'S ABOUT HER.
SO, I THINK THAT'S MENTALLY
MAKING ME FIT, YOU KNOW, FOR...
FOR THE OUTSIDE.
>> Sreenivasan: THIS WEEK, THE
MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE SPOTIFY
REMOVED R&B SINGER R. KELLY FROM
ITS PLAYLISTS, WHICH MEANS
FEWER LISTENERS WILL DISCOVER OR
HEAR HIS MUSIC.
WHY R. KELLY?
IN PART, BECAUSE OF THE ONLINE
CAMPAIGN #MuteRKelly.
THERE ARE DEMANDS FOR
INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALLEGATIONS
HE ABUSED WOMEN OF COLOR OVER
THE PAST 20 YEARS.
KELLY PERFORMED LAST NIGHT IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
THE SINGER IS NOT CURRENTLY
CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMES.
SPOTIFY CITED ITS NEW "HATE
CONTENT AND HATEFUL CONDUCT"
POLICY AS JUSTIFICATION, AND
OTHER STREAMING SERVICES HAVE
ALSO REMOVED R. KELLY FROM
PLAYLISTS, ALTHOUGH HIS MUSIC IS
STILL AVAILABLE ON THESE
PLATFORMS.
JOINING ME NOW IS JOAN SOLSMAN,
SENIOR REPORTER FOR "CNET," WHO
IS FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE.
THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A
CONVERSATION ABOUT R. KELLY,
BUT REALLY ABOUT THE... THE STEP
THAT SPOTIFY HAS TAKEN.
WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH A BIG DEAL?
>> WELL, FOR ONE, SPOTIFY IS THE
BIGGEST STREAMING MUSIC SERVICE
AT A TIME WHEN MUSIC STREAMING
IS BECOMING THE MOST POPULAR,
MOST COMMON WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE
LISTENING TO MUSIC.
SO, IT'S A STAKE IN THE GROUND,
A VERY DEFINITIVE STEP THAT IT
WILL MAKE EDITORIAL JUDGMENTS
ABOUT NOT ONLY THE CONTENT OF
MUSIC BUT THE CONDUCT OF THE
ARTIST ITSELF.
AND THOSE JUDGMENTS CAN HAVE
REAL REPERCUSSIONS ON ARTISTS'
LIVELIHOOD.
>> Sreenivasan: THERE'S A PART
OF THEIR POLICY THAT I WANT TO
PULL OUT.
IT SAYS, "WHAT ABOUT HATEFUL
CONDUCT BY AN ARTIST?"
IT SAYS:
THAT'S A PORTION OF THIS CONDUCT
POLICY THAT THEY CHANGED.
THAT SEEMS WELL AND GOOD, BUT
WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD FOR WHEN
IT'S DETERMINED THAT SOMEONE
ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING?
IF HE HASN'T BEEN CONVICTED OF A
CRIME, USUALLY YOU CAN SAY,
"WELL, THIS IS A CRIMINAL
CONVICTION.
A JURY OF YOUR PEERS HAVE FOUND
THAT YOU DID THIS WRONG."
THIS ISN'T THAT.
>> EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHY IT'S INTERESTING.
R. KELLY HASN'T HAD A CRIMINAL
CONVICTION.
HE'S NOT CHARGED WITH ANYTHING
RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER ARTIST THAT
THEY HAVE ALSO SAID AT THE SAME
TIME THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
BE PROMOTING.
HE HASN'T BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY
CRIME, EITHER.
SO, WHAT IT DOES, EVEN THOUGH IT
MAKES A FIRM STAKE IN THE GROUND
THAT SPOTIFY IS WILLING TO EXERT
THIS EDITORIAL JUDGMENT, IT
MUDDIES THE WATERS ABOUT WHAT
THAT JUDGMENT IS AND HOW THEY'RE
GOING TO BE APPLYING IT.
>> Sreenivasan: AND WHAT KIND OF
REVENUE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN... I MEAN, ON THE ONE HAND,
ARTISTS ALWAYS COMPLAIN THAT
THEY'RE GETTING SUCH LITTLE
MONEY FROM ROYALTY.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S
LIKE R. KELLY AND WHO'S STILL
TOURING, HOW MUCH DOES SPOTIFY
ACTUALLY END UP HELPING YOUR
MUSIC?
>> SPOTIFY IS NOT CRITICAL, BUT
IT'S A CRUCIAL ELEMENT TO AN
ARTIST'S LIVELIHOOD, ESPECIALLY
AS CONSUMPTION OF MUSIC MIGRATES
OVER TO STREAMING RATHER THAN
GETTING AN iTUNES DOWNLOAD OR
BUYING A CD.
TOURING, OF COURSE, IS A GIANT
ELEMENT TO HOW... HOW ARTISTS
MAKE MONEY.
BUT THAT RECURRING REVENUE COMES
FROM, MORE OFTEN, STREAMING.
AND IN THE CASE OF SPOTIFY, IT'S
THE BIGGEST STREAMING
SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE.
AND ITS SUBSCRIPTIONS PAY A LOT
BETTER THAN IF YOU WERE TO
STREAM AN R. KELLY SONG ON
YOUTUBE AND JUST WATCH THE
VIDEO-- "WATCH THE VIDEO"-- BUT
LISTEN TO THE SONG.
THAT PAYS A LOT LESS THAN WHAT
YOU WOULD GET PAID AS AN ARTIST
IF A SUBSCRIBER LISTENS TO YOUR
MUSIC.
>> Sreenivasan: THERE'S A LONG
LIST OF ARTISTS WHOSE BEHAVIOR
WE HAVE EITHER TOLERATED OR SET
ASIDE TO ENJOY THEIR MUSIC,
RIGHT?
SO, WHAT IS THE... KIND OF HOW
FAR BACK DO THEY GO?
IS SPOTIFY WILLING TO PUT ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND ALL
OF THAT MUSIC OFF OF THEIR
PLAYLISTS IF THAT'S THE STEP
THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE?
>> THESE POPULAR PLAYLISTS, THEY
CAN MAKE AND BREAK ARTISTS.
AND SO, IF SPOTIFY IS GOING TO
USE CONDUCT AS A DECISION-MAKING
TOOL IN WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT
TO PROMOTE AN ARTIST, THEN IT...
IT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WILL
THE ARTISTS THAT BECOME HUGE BE
DIFFERENT?
WILL WE HAVE DIFFERENT ART
BECAUSE OF THESE DECISIONS.
>> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT.
THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS.
JOAN SOLSMAN FROM CNET, THANKS
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Sreenivasan: FOR A LONGER
CONVERSATION ON MUSIC STREAMING
SERVICES AND "HATE CONTENT,"
VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT
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>>THIS IS PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND,
SATURDAY.
>> Sreenivasan: A BRITISH-BASED
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS THE
ISRAELI AIR STRIKES ON MILITARY
TARGETS IN SYRIA THIS WEEK
KILLED 42 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 19
IRANIANS.
ISRAEL SAID IT ATTACKED
SUSPECTED IRANIAN MILITARY
OUTPOSTS IN SYRIA IN RESPONSE TO
WHAT THEY SAY WAS A BARRAGE OF
IRANIAN ROCKETS LAUNCHED INTO
THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED GOLAN
HEIGHTS THE DAY BEFORE.
GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL
VISITED THE BASILICA OF ST.
FRANCIS IN ASSISI, ITALY, TODAY,
WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE
FRANCISCAN ORDER'S "LAMP OF
PEACE" FOR HER WORK PROTECTING
SYRIAN WAR REFUGEES.
CHANCELLOR MERKEL CALLED THE
CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA "ONE OF THE
GREATEST HUMANITARIAN CRISES OF
OUR TIME" AND CALLED ON THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP
END THE WAR.
SHE SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
DECISION TO PULL OUT OF THE IRAN
NUCLEAR DEAL MAKES THE MIDDLE
EAST SITUATION "EVEN MORE
DIFFICULT."
IN YEMEN, OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST
115 PEOPLE WERE KILLED OVER TWO
DAYS OF FIGHTING THIS WEEK IN
THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
AT LEAST FIVE CIVILIANS WERE
KILLED BY MISSILE STRIKES IN THE
NORTHWESTERN CITY OF SAADA ON
THURSDAY.
THIS CAME A DAY AFTER THE
HOUTHIS, WHO CONTROL MUCH OF
WESTERN YEMEN, INCLUDING THE
NATION'S CAPITAL, CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAUNCHING
MISSILES AT SAUDI ARABIA'S
CAPITAL OF RIYADH.
THE IRAN-ALLIED HOUTHIS ARE
FIGHTING A U.S.-BACKED,
SAUDI-LED MILITARY COALITION
THAT SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT OF
YEMEN'S EXILED PRESIDENT.
A GUN AND MACHETE ATTACK IN THE
EAST AFRICAN NATION OF BURUNDI
HAS LEFT 26 PEOPLE DEAD AND
SEVEN OTHERS WOUNDED.
THE ATTACK HAPPENED LATE LAST
NIGHT IN A SMALL VILLAGE AND
COMES LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE A
SCHEDULED REFERENDUM ON A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT
WOULD EXTEND PRESIDENTIAL TERMS
FROM FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
OFFICIALS ARE NOT RULING OUT
VOTER INTIMIDATION IN LAST
NIGHT'S ASSAULT.
WHEN BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT, PIERRE
NKURUNZIZA, RAN FOR A THIRD TERM
IN 2015, HIS VICTORY WAS MET
WITH VIOLENT OPPOSITION.
A "YES" VOTE WOULD ALLOW
NKURUNZIZA TO RUN FOR TWO MORE
CONSECUTIVE TERMS, POSSIBLY
EXTENDING HIS RULE TO THE YEAR
2034.
>> Sreenivasan: AND A REMINDER
TO JOIN US ON PBS NEWSHOUR
WEEKEND SUNDAY FOR PART TWO OF
MEGAN THOMPSON'S REPORT FROM
INDIANA ON INCARCERATED PARENTS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
TOMORROW, MENTORING THE KIDS
LEFT BEHIND WHEN PARENTS GO TO
PRISON.
>> JOSH, HE WORKS.
HE GOES TO SCHOOL.
THAT IS BEING THE INFLUENCE THAT
HE NEEDS.
>> WOULD IT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER
IF I TOLD YOU I HAD TO DO
HOMEWORK ON SPRING BREAK, TOO?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH?
>> Sreenivasan: THAT'S ALL FOR
THIS EDITION OF PBS NEWSHOUR
WEEKEND.
I'M HARI SREENIVASAN.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.