The Gist
Prison Guard Confidential
This episode isn’t summarized yet
Create a free account and summarize it. In a few minutes you’ll have the key takeaways and a section-by-section summary.
Show notes
On The Gist, Europeans are fighting over daylight saving time, which is way better than having a World War.
Mother Jones reporter Shane Bauer has been on both sides of a prison's bars. After spending two years as a political prisoner in Iran, he returned to the U.S. and got a job as a private prison guard. His real aim, of course, was to report on why the American prison system—private and public—is broken. Bauer's new book is American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment.
In the Spiel, a debate roundup ahead of the midterms.
This episode is brought to you by Exchanges, a podcast from Goldman Sachs. Listen today wherever you get your podcasts.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.