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Podcast: Legal Listening: The Fox Rothschild LLP Podcast
Episode: The Presumption of Innocence - Episode 46
Description: Episode 46
America’s Incarceration Industry: Exposing Private Prisons
Peer into the world of prison profiteers with Shane Bauer.
Shane’s name may sound familiar. In 2009, he and two friends were hiking near the Iraq-Iran border when they were arrested by Iranian authorities, accused of espionage and imprisoned for more than two years. Extensive international pressure and diplomatic efforts ultimately secured their release.
An American journalist and author, Shane decided to dive deeper into the private U.S. prison system after his return to America.
Working as an undercover guard in a private Louisiana prison, Shane exposed its conditions and practices in h...