The incoming Mayor of Adelanto, on Highway 395 in the Mojave Desert, says three existing private prisons give the town the “stigma of a prison city.” But early this morning, with a standing-room crowd from both sides of the issue, the current Mayor pushed through measures to build two more.
For-Profit Prisons in California’s High Desert
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Guests:
- Cari Thomas - City of Adelanto
- Sharon Dolovich - professor of law, faculty director of the UCLA Prison Law & Policy Program - @UCLA_Law