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Friday, August 19, 2016

Headlines for August 19, 2016; In Historic Shift, U.S. Government to End Use of Deadly, Costly, Negligent Private Prisons; Private Prisons May Be Phased Out, But Industry Leaves Trail of Bodies from Medical Neglect & Abuses; As Feds Close Prisons Run by Private Companies, Will They Do Same for Immigrant Detention Centers; Former Iran Hostage Shane Bauer: Claim That $400M U.S. Paid to Iran was Ransom Deal is 'Absurd'; Dave Zirin: Brazilians are Fed Up with U.S. Olympian Ryan Lochte and Privileged First-World Tourists

English
  • Originally Aired August 19, 2016
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code dn2016-0819
  • Network PBS
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