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Why is this being downvoted? Jon Oliver did a bit a while back on private prisons. The investigation uncovered an investor sales pitch which bragged of "high re
by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Why is this being downvoted? Jon Oliver did a bit a while back on private prisons. The investigation uncovered an investor sales pitch which bragged of "high recidivism rates"
- maxerickson 8y agoProbably because it's unlikely the other poster is talking about a private prison. "Jail" often means a county operated facility and then at the state and federal level most prisoners are still held in publicly administered facilities.
- cristoperb 8y agoThe Jon Oliver episode on prison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pz3syET3DY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pz3syET3DY See also Shane Bauer's undercover report "My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard": https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-private-prisons-corrections-corporation-inmates-investigation-bauer/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-private-pri...