Almanac, Episode 525

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Date
1993-03-04
Main contributor
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary
Patricia Gras discusses efforts to improve the criminal justice system in Texas with Carl Reynolds, Director of the Texas Punishment Standards Commission, and Seldon B. Hale, III, former Chair of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. Includes report on Crime Victim's Director Andy Kahan's ideas about reforming the prison and sentencing systems. Second segment focuses on continued fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the recent arrival of Bosnian refugees in Houston. Gras interviews Yasmena Sanahy, member of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Kassahun Bisrat, Executive Director of the Refugee Services Alliance. Includes report covering a press conference held for Bosnian refugees who have recently arrived in Houston. 
Contributors
Davis, Sue; Hewey, Todd; Gras, Patricia
Genre
television programs
Subjects
Reynolds, Carl; Hale, Seldon B., III; Kahan, Andy; Sanahy, Yasmena; Bisrat, Kassahun; Public television
Location
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Collection
KUHT Film and Video
Unit
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Physical Description
00:26:52
Notes
This item is from an archival collection and may contain content which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Digitization and access for this item is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (2017).
Other Identifiers
Other: ID 1997-006a, AV Shelving; Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm843011788
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