http://time.com/4461791/private-prisons-department-of-justice/
The muckraking article I am writing about is an exploitation of the conditions in prisons in America. It is based on the story of a man who quit being a prison guard after four months on the job. This article was written by David Uberti in the Columbia Journalism Review, on July 1, 2016. The article is based on the story of Shane Bauer, who worked as a prison guard at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana.
The TIME article I have also linked is further proof on investigation and the current state of our private prisons in the US today. After reading these two articles, I see that our private prison system needs to be fixed badly. This article also talks about what the US Department of Justice is trying to do to change the private prisons.
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| Winn Correctional Center from the air |
Bauer found out the biggest problem was that all the prisons he was near were extremely understaffed. An example of this is when he says there is "one [floor officer] per 176 inmates". This prison also hasn't let inmates out into the yard in years, as they haven't had the staff to watch it.
Bauer sees people constantly cutting corners in their duties. Officers who are supposed to perform security checks were writing down that they happened when they did not. An audit is done by the overseeing agency, and the officials only do one lap around and leave, without checking very much.
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| Shane Bauer |
