Skip to main content
Back to Show
PBS News Hour

Why I’m starting the world’s first prison law school

"Each of us has much more to offer than the worst thing we’ve done," says Alexander McLean, an activist and attorney who has been working in prisons since he was 18. McLean, founder of the African Prisons Project, shares the inspiring story of a former prisoner named Susan and gives his Brief but Spectacular take on the power of law in the hands of the poor.

Support Provided By
Season
May 14, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:45
May 14, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
May 13, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:44
May 13, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
May 12, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:41
May 12, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
May 11, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:41
May 11, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
May 8, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:45
May 8, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
May 6, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:45
May 6, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
May 5, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:48
May 5, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
May 4, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:44
May 4, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
April 30, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:46
April 30, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
April 23, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:46
April 23, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
April 22, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:46
April 22, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
April 15, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
56:53
April 15, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode
Active loading indicator