Amy Goodman
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American Prison: Shane Bauer Traces History of U.S. For-Profit Prisons from Slavery to Today
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September 20, 2018
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9:23Now Playing“American Prison.” That’s the name of the new book by awardwinning journalist Shane Bauer, who dives deep into the profitearning motives of U.S. prisons, from convict labor in colonialera settlements all the way to present day mass incarceration, including Bauer’s own stint as an undercover prison guard at the privately owned Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana. We speak with Shane Bauer in New York City.
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