It is a typical night of television in the United States: on HBO a gang of African American prisoners are assaulting another captive, a white man, passing him back and forth and laughing as they abuse him; on NBC a group of black female inmates are wreaking havoc in a hospital emergency room; flip to another channel and a Hollywood film features a group of prisoners hijacking a plane and terrorizing the passengers and crew; over on MSNBC, a reality show called Lockup profiles a prisoner who reportedly performed cannibalistic acts; on still another channel, Law and Order detectives harshly...