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42-567: VSP is a Level II (medium security) facility which houses Sensitive Needs Yard (SNY) inmates. The housing consists of open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage. As of July 31, 2022, VSP was incarcerating people at 152.2% of its design capacity, with 3,014 occupants, making it the most over-capacity state prison in California. The prison opened in April 1995. In 1996, the City of Chowchilla

84-546: A pelvic examination ]. It's the only male contact they get." After the airing of the Nightline episode, only DiDomenico was reassigned "to a desk job in Sacramento " for his description. An October 2000 California state legislative committee hearing on female inmates' medical issues was held at VSPW. At the hearing, approximately 15 inmates "described grave medical problems" at VSPW and Central California Women's Facility; however,

126-405: A 63 out of a possible 100, defining the series as generally favorable. Linda Stasi of New York Post gave the series a 3.5/4. Stasi wrote "so smart, so unexpected, so entertaining and yet so informative that you might think you just stepped back in time 20 years". Matt Roush of TV Guide gave it a moderate review, stating "Substantive without being stuffy, workmanlike but something less than

168-508: A course to learn the Vietnamese language. He returned in 1968 to cover the campaign of Richard Nixon , before becoming Hong Kong bureau chief, and U.S. State Department correspondent where Koppel formed a friendship with Henry Kissinger . According to Nixon advisor John Ehrlichman , Koppel's friendship with Kissinger was partly due to their similar backgrounds, having Jewish refugee parents and emigrating to America in their youth. Koppel

210-436: A high regard for Henry. He has a first-class mind. A half hour with him gives me a better insight into a foreign policy question than hours with others." In the mid-1970s, Koppel took a year off from his career, to stay home with his children so that his wife could complete her education at Georgetown Law School . Koppel's decision upset ABC News president Roone Arledge , who demoted Koppel from news anchor when he returned to

252-457: A multiple-story format into a single story format. On May 10, 2012, NBC announced that Rock Center had been removed from the schedule for the remainder of the May 2012 sweeps period due to low ratings. Three days later, on May 13, 2012, NBC announced that Rock Center would be renewed for a second season during its 2012–13 upfront presentation. The series was also shown on MSNBC . On May 10, 2013,

294-606: A number of roles which span various formats of news media : Koppel returns to Syracuse University regularly as a guest speaker. He was a member of the student-run WAER and keeps in touch with the student media at Syracuse. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Koppel is married to Grace Anne (neé Dorney). He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1963. They have four children: Andrea (a former journalist), Deirdre, Andrew and Tara. Andrew Koppel

336-503: A position of influence and authority". In 1993, Koppel and his wife paid $ 2.7 million for 16 acres (6.5 ha) overlooking the Potomac River in Potomac, Maryland . They sued to hold their neighbors to an agreement to limit the size of the houses in the neighborhood to 10,000 sq ft (930 m ). Rock Center with Brian Williams Rock Center with Brian Williams

378-408: A positive review, saying "The result was assured, quick-paced and enjoyably flavored with a few spicy dashes of Brian Williams' dry rub." Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times gave it a general, neutral review. Stanley said "Rock Center is still a work in progress, so it’s hard to judge how it will fare. But it’s already clear that Mr. Williams wasn’t chosen to host it because of his stature as

420-456: A way to address any media bias that viewers might believe that they encountered on the network. Broadcast before a live audience, it provided viewers with a chance to question how stories were reported or critique television news. Viewpoint was broadcast sporadically, from 1981 until 1997. Some liberal groups suggested that Koppel was a conduit for the government's point of view and accused him of favoring conservatives when selecting guests. In

462-441: A wow. Nothing cheesy or sleazy, But nothing really electrifying happened, either.". James Poniewozik of Time also gave a moderate, general review, paying particular attention to a closing segment with Jon Stewart of The Daily Show . "Rock Center may not be a ratings smash, and not all its experiments may work. But the good news is, Williams and Stewart can both keep their day jobs.". Hank Stuever of Washington Post gave

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504-401: Is a British-born American broadcast journalist , best known as the anchor for Nightline , from the program's inception in 1980 until 2005. Before Nightline , he spent 20 years as a broadcast journalist and news anchor for ABC . After becoming host of Nightline , he was regarded as one of the outstanding serious-minded interviewers on American television. Five years after its 1980 debut,

546-634: The Today Show . Named after the location of the NBC News headquarters in the GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center , the program was the first new NBC News program to launch in primetime on NBC since Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric debuted in 1993. Rock Center was designed to be more serious than NBC's existing prime time newsmagazine, Dateline NBC , which had increasingly delved into human interest and true crime stories, and had switched from

588-752: The Cannes Film Festival in 2009. The CDCR began converting the prison into a facility for low-risk male inmates in 2012. The conversion was completed in January 2013, with the last female inmates in the facility transferred to the nearby Central California Women's Facility and California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino, San Bernardino County, California. Some inmates nearing the end of their sentence have been transferred to various county jails. Ted Koppel Edward James Martin Koppel (born February 8, 1940)

630-643: The bombing of London inspired him to become a journalist. After attending the McBurney School , a private preparatory institution in New York, Koppel attended Syracuse University , graduating at age 20 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He was a member of the Alpha Chi chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. One roommate recalled that Koppel "was incredibly focused and had a photographic memory. He remembers almost every conversation he ever had with anybody. And

672-571: The civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama . ABC officials were impressed by Koppel's ability to clarify issues using plain language. In 1966, he became the ABC News correspondent for the Vietnam War , moving from radio broadcasting to national television. He accepted the assignment only after the network agreed to send his wife and their two children to Hong Kong so they could be nearby. Before going he took

714-682: The extra prisoners. Budget cuts in 2009 "drastically reduced the number of academic, vocational, and SAP assignments" (p. 3). The rate of recidivism at VSPW is approximately 72%. There are numerous Self-Help programs for inmates ranging from 12-step inmate facilitated groups such as Alcoholic Anonymous, Battered Women, Domestic Violence, and Narcotics Anonymous. In addition to inmate-facilitated self-help programs, outside volunteer groups also conduct classes and workshops, some of which have been featured in national and international media. Crossroads allow at-risk youth to visit VSPW facilities and hear from volunteer inmates about life in prison. This program

756-424: The host of a late night news program called Nightline . The program originated as a series of special reports about the 444-day-long Iran hostage crisis , during which Iranian militants held 52 Americans captive, beginning in early November 1979. At first, the program was called The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage , and was hosted by Frank Reynolds . Koppel eventually joined Reynolds as co-anchor. In March 1980,

798-465: The late 1980s, the progressive media criticism organization Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) claimed that policymakers and ex-officials dominated the Nightline guest list, with critics of foreign policy less visible. In 1987, Newsweek called him the "quintessential establishment journalist". Koppel responded that "We are governed by the president and his cabinet and their people. And they are

840-406: The latter's death, claimed that Koppel and ABC News made a verbal agreement with Thayer for the exclusive North American rights to use video from a show trial of Pol Pot that Thayer and Asiaworks Television videographer David McKaige witnessed on Nightline . Thayer claimed ABC purportedly violated that agreement by posting screenshot stills of video from the interview on ABCNews.com , violating

882-418: The license as the site was accessible throughout the world, though not uploading the actual video. On November 22, 2005, Koppel stepped down from Nightline after 25 years with the program and left ABC after 42 years with the network. His final Nightline broadcast did not feature clips highlighting memorable interviews and famous moments from his tenure as host, as is typical when an anchor retires. Instead,

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924-407: The man never needs sleep." Koppel then went to Stanford University , where he earned a Master of Arts degree in mass-communications research and political science . While at Stanford, he met his future wife, Grace Anne Dorney. Koppel had a brief stint as a teacher before being hired as a copyboy at The New York Times and as a writer at WMCA Radio in New York. In June 1963, he became

966-462: The network. In April 1979, he was lead reporter for an eleven-segment series, "Second to None?", which focused on explaining the dangers of nuclear war. He did his own research and wanted to present "complex material to an audience that hasn't paid much attention in the past but must in the future ... if there is to be a future". For the series he received an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award . In 1980, Koppel became known for his work as

1008-476: The ones who are responsible for our foreign policy, and they are the ones I want to talk to". In 1990, Koppel interviewed Nelson Mandela in a US-style town hall meeting . Also in 1990, ABC News ran a one-hour special called "The Best of Nightline with Ted Koppel". In 1997, Nate Thayer , a journalist writing for the Far Eastern Economic Review who later interviewed Pol Pot shortly before

1050-436: The other two were State of Shame and The Price of Gold . Rock Center changed its nightly timeslot five times since its inception, initially broadcasting on Monday evenings at 10 p.m. ET. The program enjoyed a temporary stint on Wednesday at 9 p.m., until a return to its original timeslot. The program was later moved back to 9 p.m. on Wednesday evenings, until it was removed from the schedule. With its second season renewal,

1092-535: The physician representing the California Department of Corrections stated that she felt the female inmates "were getting the best care possible." Starting in April 2007, VSPW received some inmates from California Rehabilitation Center after closure of the women's wing at that prison. The population at VSPW "swelled by 8 percent"; furthermore, "the court-appointed overseer of prison medical care" stated that VSPW's medical system might "collapse entirely" due to

1134-405: The program evolved into Nightline , with Koppel as its host. Koppel spent twenty-five years anchoring the program, before leaving ABC and Nightline in late November 2005. While hosting Nightline , Koppel also hosted a series of special programs called Viewpoint , beginning in 1981, which provided media criticism and analysis. The show was envisioned by ABC News Vice President George Watson as

1176-584: The program moved to Thursday nights at 10 p.m., following NBC's revamped Thursday evening comedy lineup, but ended its run on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET. The show premiered to a 1.0 adult 18–49 rating and 4.14 million viewers. This was less (in an 18–49 rating) than the 1.2 rating from the show it replaced, The Playboy Club . Rock Center was the third-ranked show in the timeslot behind new episodes of ABC 's Castle , and CBS 's Hawaii Five-0 . Rock Center with Brian Williams received mixed and moderate reviews. Metacritic scored Rock Center with Brian Williams

1218-420: The series was canceled after two seasons. The last program aired on June 21, 2013. The program received considerable attention for its November 14, 2011 broadcast, in which Bob Costas interviewed former Penn State Nittany Lions football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky . Sandusky proclaimed his innocence in light of recent child sex abuse charges against him , despite acknowledging inappropriate contact with

1260-606: The show had a nightly audience of about 7.5 million viewers. After leaving Nightline , Koppel worked as managing editor for the Discovery Channel , a news analyst for NPR and BBC World News America and a contributor to Rock Center with Brian Williams . Since 2016, Koppel has served as a special contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning . His career as a foreign and diplomatic correspondent earned him numerous awards, including nine Overseas Press Club awards and 25 Emmy Awards . Edward James Martin Koppel, an only child,

1302-469: The show replayed an episode of Nightline with Koppel's 1995 interviews with retired Brandeis University sociology professor Morrie Schwartz , who was dying of Lou Gehrig 's disease. On March 24, 2020, Koppel made a guest appearance on Nightline to mark the program's 40th anniversary, discussing how he and his wife had been coping with the COVID-19 pandemic . Following Nightline Koppel has taken on

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1344-548: The victims, and denied the alleged cover-up by his former employers. Sandusky would insist that he is not a pedophile . It was Sandusky's first public interview since the abrupt firing of head coach Joe Paterno the week before, whom Sandusky had served as defensive coordinator under for decades with the Nittany Lions. The Sandusky interview, entitled Sandusky Speaks , was one of three 2011 Rock Center segments that were nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 2012;

1386-559: The war, the family earned some money from their confiscated assets and decided to leave for the United States. While in England, Ted Koppel was a pupil at Abbotsholme School , in Derbyshire. In 1953 when he was 13, the family immigrated to the United States, where his mother, Alice, became a singer and pianist, and his father, Edwin, opened a tire factory. Koppel's boyhood hero was radio broadcaster Edward R. Murrow , whose factual reports during

1428-493: The youngest correspondent ever hired by ABC Radio News , working on the daily Flair Reports program. His coverage of the Kennedy assassination in 1963 with Charles Osgood caused the national news audience to take notice. He was scheduled to do a short report, but a delay during the crisis forced him to ad-lib for an hour and a half. In 1964, he covered his first of many presidential nominating conventions. He also began covering

1470-757: Was among those traveling to China with U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1972. He spoke about it with the USC US-China Institute in their "Assignment: China" documentary series about American media coverage of China. Koppel likened the trip to a "journey to the dark side of the moon". By 1975, he was anchoring the ABC Evening News on Saturdays, and he continued to file reports for ABC Radio. Koppel would often report on State Department foreign conferences, as when he traveled with Kissinger during his meetings in Egypt and Israel in 1975. He said about Kissinger: "I have

1512-460: Was an American weekly television newsmagazine that was broadcast on NBC from October 31, 2011 to June 21, 2013 and hosted by former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams . It aired on Mondays until January 30, 2012, and then began airing Wednesdays starting February 8, 2012. It was produced in Rockefeller Center 's Studio 3B, the same space as NBC Nightly News , and formerly that of

1554-672: Was born in Nelson , England. His parents were German Jews who fled Germany after the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazism . In Germany, Koppel's father operated a tire-manufacturing company. To help the British economy, the Home Secretary invited him and his wife to move the factory to Lancashire , England , where he was promised they would be protected in the event of war. The factory moved in 1936, but when war broke out in Europe in 1939, Koppel's father

1596-503: Was declared an enemy alien and imprisoned on the Isle of Man for a year and a half. Koppel was born in 1940, shortly after his father was taken away. To provide for her infant son, his mother sold her personal jewelry and did menial work in London. After he was released from internment, Koppel's father was not permitted to work in England, nor would he allow his wife to work. Following the end of

1638-557: Was featured in an episode on Arts and Entertainment Television Network called "Beyond Scared Straight". Freedom to Choose is an all volunteer service project of the University of Santa Monica that has been teaching decriminogenic life skills and forgiveness workshops at VSPW twice a year since March 2004, and was featured in a documentary that was awarded Best Documentary at the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase, American Pavilion at

1680-493: Was found dead in an apartment in New York City on May 31, 2010, reportedly after a day-long drinking binge. A post mortem toxicology report identified illicit drugs. Koppel speaks German and French, in addition to his native English. A longtime friend of Koppel's was former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger . Both of them moved to the United States as children. Along with former Secretary of State Alexander Haig , Kissinger

1722-491: Was given permission to perform a non-contiguous annexation of VSPW. Ted Koppel interviewed many staff, including Dr. Anthony DiDomenico, the chief medical officer of VSPW, in October 1999 for series of episodes of Nightline . In the expose, the physician was quoted as saying "I've heard [from a particular female parolee, at CDCR -approved conference] inmates tell me that they would deliberately like to be examined [i.e., receive

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1764-400: Was the most frequent guest on Nightline . In a 1989 interview, Koppel commented, "Henry Kissinger is, plain and simply, the best secretary of state we have had in 20, maybe 30 years – certainly one of the two or three great secretaries of state of our century," then added, "I’m proud to be a friend of Henry Kissinger. He is an extraordinary man. This country has lost a lot by not having him in

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