His book weaves together his own stories of working with Winn corrections officers and prisoners, along with the history of for-profit incarceration in the U.S.īauer’s reporting shows how Corrections Corporation of America, the for-profit firm that operated Winn at the time, is part of a controversial legacy of profiting off the labor of disenfranchised convicts. “American Prison” draws from Bauer’s own experience working undercover as an entry-level prison guard at Louisiana’s Winn Correctional Center while on assignment as a senior reporter for Mother Jones. Our February book club pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with the New York Times, is Shane Bauer’s “American Prison,” an inside look at the private prison industry in the United States. Become a member of the “Now Read This” book club by joining our Facebook group or signing up to receive our newsletter.
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