Amy Goodman
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Death, Abuse and Sexual Assault: The Horrific and Unregulated Private Prison Van Transport Business
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July 11, 2016
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17:00Now PlayingAs protests against police brutality spread across the United States, a shocking new joint investigation by the New York Times and the Marshall Project looks at a littleexamined part of the criminal justice systemthe horrific, and sometimes fatal, private prison extradition industry. Each year, tens of thousands of fugitives and suspects many who have never been convicted of a crime are entrusted to a handful of small private companies that specialize in transferring the men and women across the country. After reviewing thousands of court documents and interviewing more than 50 current or former guards and executives, two reporters with the Marshall Project uncovered cases two prisoners dying of perforated ulcers, another woman was sexually assaulted and a third who had to have both legs amputated from complications of untreated diabetes. For more we speak with the two reporters, Eli Hager and Alysia Santo, as well as Roberta Blake, who was arrested in 2014 after not returning a rental car on time, and a former private prison guard Fernando Colon.
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