The Big Business Of Private Prisons, Part 4

Just months before the election of President Trump, the Justice Department made a huge decision: to end the use of private prisons. Private prisons and private detention facilities – an important distinction – are run by individual companies and are infamous for their poor conditions and treatment of detainees. But it seems President Trump isn't following through on rolling back private prisons. Now, why could that be?
Learn more here:
NPR. “What's New in Those DHS Memos on Immigration Enforcement?”
NPR. “Will the Private Prison Business See a Trump Bump?”
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “Report of the Subcommittee on Privatized Immigration Detention Facilities.”
U.S. Department of Justice. “Reducing Our Use of Private Prisons.”
The Nation. “This Man Will Almost Certainly Die.”
Music tracks courtesy of Audio Network.
Footage and images courtesy of Getty and Reuters.
Presented by: Dena Takruri
Written by: Emily Gibson
Edited by: Paul Donatelli
Animations by: Debbie Schedivy
Produced by: Sana Saeed and Emily Gibson
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