This audio recording is of one of a series of sessions held at The New School on the subject of law and justice in American cities. The recording contains the introduction to a special session at the conclusion of the symposium to summarize the event and allow for additional audience comments and questions. Attorney Joseph Lobenthal summarizes the questions raised over the course of the symposium, discussing the problems of the prison system, including prison riots and overcrowding, racial disparities in the justice system, and corruption in the judicial and law enforcement system. The recording ends abruptly during Lobenthal's comments.
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