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Capitalist Punishment

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America locks up more of its citizens than any other developed nation. And Britain is looking to the American model of privatised prisons for the solution to overcrowding, as well as saving taxpayers' money. Lucy Ash travels to New Mexico and North Carolina to find a legacy of deaths, riots and sexual abuse.
She asks whetherthese are isolated incidents or the inevitable consequence of running prisons for profit. Producer Adele Armstrong Editor Maria Balinska Rptd Sunday at 5pm

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Unknown:
Lucy Ash
Producer:
Adele Armstrong
Editor:
Maria Balinska Rptd
Source: Radio Times

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