Broadcast Work

Working with award winning British broadcast journalist Deborah Davies, Stephen James acted as consultant for the Northern California segment of the BBC Channel 4 production of Torture: America's Brutal Prisons. Click Here

The compelling documentary included interviews with sources from two of James' articles, The Code of Silence and CYA Goes to Reform School.

Click Here to view the documentary online and read Davies' diary of the four-month investigation, including her impressions of the American prison system.

Deborah Davies (L) interviews Caron Vaugh from CYA Goes to Reform School

The BBC Channel 4 team sets up to interview California State Senator Gloria Romero

Davies and the Channel 4 team film a Books Not Bars juvenile justice advocacy group rally on the steps of the California State Capitol building

BBC Channel 4 Producer Edward Watts

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