saying this constitutional violation is particularly egrej just it imposed religion on inmates, literally a captive audience. pete: lawrence jones who spoke directly to kanye west last week. good morning. pete: there for the performance as well. not the one in prison but the one at joel osteen s church: they are taking issue with the fact that these prisoners didn t have a choice. they are a captive prison and they brought faith into a prison. they wanted. did they not see the photos of people like worshiping christ and happy and, look, my grandmother is actually the chaplain for the state s women s prison in texas. and, you know, they support any type of religion that you may have but it s funny that the only time there is attacks is when it s christians. muslims are free, which they should be, this is america. the jewish people are free to worship whoever they want to. but, when you are a christian, then they come under attack. look, these people were willing to worship.
something in me thought that i could go on and no one would know and no one would be hurt. but i still couldn t believe what i did, you know? at the foot of alaska s mountains is eagle river. a district with a nature center and a women s prison. i m at the prison. i travelled all night to hear a story that would completely change my idea of a murderer. ms. hayes? hi, sarah. lisa, nice to meet you. hi, lisa. nice to meet you. sarah has been locked up since 2015 for killing a family member.
that couldn t be me in cuffs. i guess something in me thought i could go on and no one would know and no one would be hurt. but i still couldn t believe what i did. at the foot of alaska s mountains is eagle river, a district with a nature center and a women s prison. i m at the prison. i traveled all night to hear a story that would completely change my idea of a murderer. miss hayes! hi, sarah. lisa. hi, nice to meet you. nice to meet you. sarah has been locked up since 2015, for killing a family
i could go on and no one would know and no one would be hurt. but i still couldn t believe what i did. at the foot of alaska s chugach mountains is eagle river, a district with a nature center and a women s prison. i m at the prison. i traveled all night to hear a story that would completely change my idea of a murderer. miss hayes! hi, sarah. lisa. hi, nice to meet you. nice to meet you. sarah has been locked up since 2015, for killing a family member. it s the first and only crime she s ever committed.
correctional center where the releases this happen this afternoon. ron, explain why this is happening and what it means for so many people across the state. reporter: hey there, hallie. it s not a distinction that any state wants, having the highest incidence of incarceration so we ve worked the past few years to change that. they changed the law so felonies prior to 2016, certain felonies, are now misdemeanors and so what the governor and pardon and parole board have done is fast tracked a lot of these commutations so a lot of these people who have misdemeanors are going to be released for time served. we re outside of a minimum security women s prison and we re expecting about 55 women to be set free today around 3:00 eastern time. the governor will be here as well. one woman who has had her