![]() ![]() American Prison is both the remarkable story of a journalist who spent four months working as a corrections officer, and a horrifying exposé of how prisoners were treated by a corporation that profited from them. So journalist Shane Bauer, a reporter for Mother Jones magazine, decided the only way to find out what life inside a private prison was like was to get a job at one. ![]() It can be tough to know what goes on behind prison walls - and private corrections companies are especially reluctant to open up to outsiders. ![]() How?Īmericans like to think of our country as the land of the free - but that's not the case for everyone: More than 2 million Americans are in jails or prisons in the U.S. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title American Prison Subtitle A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment Author Shane Bauer ![]()
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