American Prison

A groundbreaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country s history In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for 9 an hour to work as an entry level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana An award winning investigative journalist, he used his real name there was no meaningful background check Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end But he had seen enough, and in short order he wrote an expos about his experiences that won a National Magazine Award and became the most read feature in the history of the magazine Mother Jones Still, there was much that he needed to say In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for profit prisons in America from their origins in the decades before the Civil War For, as he soon realized, we can t understand the cruelty of our current system and its place in the larger story of mass incarceration without understanding where it came from Private prisons became entrenched in the South as part of a systemic effort to keep the African American labor force in place in the aftermath of slavery, and the echoes of these shameful origins are with us still The private prison system is deliberately unaccountable to public scrutiny Private prisons are not incentivized to tend to the health of their inmates, or to feed them well, or to attract and retain a highly trained prison staff Though Bauer befriends some of his colleagues and sympathizes with their plight, the chronic dysfunction of their lives only adds to the prison s sense of chaos To his horror, Bauer finds himself becoming crueler and aggressive the longer he works in the prison, and he is far from alone A blistering indictment of the private prison system and the powerful forces that drive it, American Prison is a necessary human document about the true face of justice in America. Best Download [ American Prison ] author [ Shane Bauer ] – kino-fada.fr American Prison is an eye opening exploration of a deeply broken system.Revealing not only a look at the inside workings of our prison systems, but also facility issues Mr Bauer went undercover as a corrections officer within a Louisiana prison This perspective is complicated by his experiences serving time himself.The...Bauer took a brave step by becoming a prison guard to experience first hand what it is like inside of America s privately run prisons He chose to become a prison guard at a CCA run private prison in the small town of Winn, Louisiana He works there for a few months, and witnesses daily instances of violence, abuse, and general unruliness that amount to complete chaos As the prison unravels, Bauer does as well, and begins to become paranoid, constantly overthinking and questioning his actions.I Bauer took a brave step by becomi...Bauer s book has convinced me that private prisons have an awful legacy and are operated poorly because they are operated with en eye to saving every possible cent for profit rather than to make the prison better He alternates between history of private prisons in general and his experience working for a CCA prison in Louisiana, painting a picture of greed, continuation of slavery, abuse, and neglect over nearly two centuries In the context of the current prison strike, this story is glaringly Bauer s book has convinced me that private prisons have an awful legacy and are ...Essential reading about a topic requiring our urgent attention and commitment to solve For profit prisons are a scourge and blight that must end if our democracy is to survive We must commit ourselves to reforming how our society thinks about prison, punishment, and rehabilitation This...American Prison is not an easy read but it is an essential read Earlier, I had read Shane Bauer s essay about his undercover reporting of prisons in Mother Jones and knew I had to read this book Too often, we don t pay attention to the fact that as voters and citizens we do have a voice in prison reform We watch shows like Orange is the New Black, laugh uncomfortably, then don t do anything after watching the episode where the inmates believe they are finally being released from prison, which American Prison is not an easy read but it is an essential read Earlier, I had read Shane Bauer s essay about his undercover reporting of prisons in Mother Jones and knew I had to read this book Too often, we don t pay attention to the fact that as voters and citizens we do have a voice in prison reform We watch shows like Orange is the New Black, laugh uncomfortabl...I thoroughly enjoyed this book In many regards reminds me of an all time favorite, Black Like Me.Un put downable I read it in a day.Shane Bauer goes undercover for four months as a guard in a for profit prison in Louisiana, run by Correction Corporation of America CCA , as it then was, now rebranded as Core Civic Bauer, as it happens, was one of the three American journalists consigned to Tehran s notrious Evin prison for two years for accidentally wandering too close to the Iranian border, so he knows a little bit about the other side of the bars Carrying an audio recording pen, a n Un put downable I read it in a day.Shane Bauer goes undercover for four months as a guard in a for profit prison in Louisiana, run by Correction Corporation of America CCA , as it then was, now rebranded as Core Civic Bauer, as it happens, was one of the three American journalists consigned to Tehran s notrious Evin prison for two years for accidentally wandering too close to the Iranian border, so he knows a little bit about the other side of the bars Carrying an audio recording pen, a notebook, and a coffee thermos with a camera built into the cap, he records and chronicles the daily nightmare that is the Winn...I could not put this book down Five stars.In 2015, Shane Bauer, a reporter with Mother Jones, goes undercover for four months at a privately owned for profit prison in rural Louisiana, Winn Correctional, managed by Corrections Corporation of America CCA He is hired for 9 an hour He carries a pen that doubles as an audio recorder, a small notebook, a coffee thermos with a small camera in it, and documents his daily dealings with staff and inmates at his job What he finds at Winn is pre I could not put this book down Five stars.In 2015, Shane Bauer, a reporter with Mother...Shane Bauer became a correctional officer at a prison run by Correctional Corporation of America in Louisiana to investigate conditions inside a for profit prison American Prison tells the story of his experience and also provides a brief history of the use of convict labor by state prison systems Bauer s story is horrifying as he demonstrates, CCA will do anything to keep its costs down Those efforts at cost containment mean that, among other things, it pays guards littlethan minimum Shane Bauer became a correctional officer at a prison run by Correctional Corporation of America in Louisiana to investigate conditions inside a for profit prison American Prison tells the story of his experience and also provides a brief history of the use of convict labor by state prison systems Bauer s story is horrifying as he demonstrates, CCA will do anything to keep its costs down Those efforts at cost containment mean that, among other things, it pays guards littlethan minimum wage, it provides minimal or non existent health and mental...Simply fantastic If you liked Bauer s reporting in Mother Jones, you ll love this greatly expanded story about his time undercover at the privately owned Winn Correctional Unit in Louisiana.Winn is owned by the then named CCA, now rebranded as CoreCivic It s one of the two biggies in the private prison industry, along with GeoGroup, the former Wackenhut, aka Whack ...

• English
• 20 July 2017
Shane Bauer
• Hardcover
• 318 pages
• 0735223580
• Shane Bauer
• American Prison