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"Solitary Nation" - Preview

About 80,000 Americans are held in solitary confinement on any given day. In “Solitary Nation,” premiering Tuesday, April 22 on PBS and at pbs.org/frontline, FRONTLINE deeply examines the use and impact of this controversial practice—and takes an unprecedented look at life inside solitary at a maximum security prison in Maine.
Preview Season 2014 Episode 7 Length 00:31 Premiere: 04/21/14

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Season 2014 Episodes

Firestone and the Warlord
S2014 E17 Length 1:23:40 Premiere Date 11/18/14

The Rise of ISIS
S2014 E16 Length 54:11 Premiere Date 10/27/14

The Trouble with Antibiotics
S2014 E15 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 10/13/14

Ebola Outbreak/Hunting Boko Haram
S2014 E14 Length 54:11 Premiere Date 09/08/14

Losing Iraq
S2014 E13 Length 1:24:10 Premiere Date 07/28/14

Separate and Unequal
S2014 E12 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 07/14/14

Battle Zones: Ukraine and Syria
S2014 E11 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 05/26/14

United States of Secrets (Part Two)
S2014 E10 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 05/19/14

United States of Secrets (Part One)
S2014 E9 Length 1:54:11 Premiere Date 05/12/14

Prison State
S2014 E8 Length 1:23:40 Premiere Date 04/28/14

Solitary Nation
S2014 E7 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 04/21/14

TB Silent Killer
S2014 E6 Length 1:23:41 Premiere Date 03/24/14

Secrets of the Vatican
S2014 E5 Length 1:23:44 Premiere Date 02/25/14

Generation Like
S2014 E4 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 02/18/14

Syria's Second Front
S2014 E3 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 02/11/14

Secret State of North Korea
S2014 E2 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 01/14/14

To Catch a Trader
S2014 E1 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 01/07/14

"Solitary Nation" - Preview
Preview Length 00:31 Premiere Date 04/21/14

The Sounds of Solitary
Preview Length 03:03 Premiere Date 04/21/14

Flooding in Solitary
Preview Length 02:53 Premiere Date 04/21/14

Fishing in Solitary
Preview Length 00:58 Premiere Date 04/21/14

A Total Lockdown
Clip Length 00:39 Premiere Date 04/21/14

"They Had to Do Something"
Clip Length 00:45 Premiere Date 04/21/14

"It Only Takes One Rotten Apple"
Clip Length 01:12 Premiere Date 04/21/14

The "Marion Model"
Clip Length 00:34 Premiere Date 04/21/14

"Behave Yourself"
Clip Length 00:39 Premiere Date 04/21/14

"We Didn’t Isolate Them, We Separated Them"
Clip Length 00:13 Premiere Date 04/21/14

"Being Locked Down Was the Worst Medicine"
Clip Length 00:58 Premiere Date 04/21/14

"Gangs of Iraq" - Preview
Preview Length 00:32 Premiere Date 04/17/07

Obama Speaks at Harvard Law in '90
Clip Length 11:39 Premiere Date 04/24/90

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Exposing the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S. With the Venezuelan news outlet Armando.info, the inside story of Alex Saab, his capture, then release by the U.S. in a controversial prisoner swap.

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The Associated Press investigates falsified records and faked identities in the adoption of children to the U.S. and other countries over seven decades.

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