Arun Gupta: Prisons and Debt

Spike of deaths inside prisons in Baltimore

August 9, 2016 – Segment 3Spike of deaths inside prisons in Baltimore

A conversation with writer Arun Gupta about an article he wrote for The Nation: “The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails.” Gupta is a contributor to The Washington Post, YES! Magazine, In These Times, The Progressive, Telesur, and The Nation, and author of the soon-to-be published book Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction: A Junk-Food Loving Chef’s Inquiry into Taste.

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