We will speak with investigative three reporters who exposed the forprofitprisons substandard conditions and medical care. Then the olympics in rio where police are contradicting claims by olympic Gold Medalist swimmer ryan lochte that he and three other teammates were robbed by gunmen impersonating Police Officers. At this exact moment, what the police can say is there was no robbery the way the athletes reported. They were not victims of the criminal facts they described. The police can say that now. We will get reaction from the nations sports columnist dave zirin. His latest piece headlined ryan lochte is one of many privileged first world tourists and brazilians are fed up. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a historic announcement, the Justice Department has told the bureau of prisons to end the use of private prisons. In a memo released yesterday, Deputy Attorney general sally eight road that
Justice Department Says it will phase out the use of privatelyrun federal prisons, ending contracts with Corrections Corporation of america, geo group, and management and training corporation. We will speak with investigative three reporters who exposed the forprofitprisons substandard conditions and medical care. Then the olympics in rio where police are contradicting claims by olympic Gold Medalist swimmer ryan lochte that he and three other teammates were r robbed by gunmen impersonating Police Officers. At this exact moment, what the police can say is there was no robbery the way the athletes reported. They were not victims of the criminal facts they described. The police can say that now. We will get reaction from the nations sports columnist dave zirin. His latest piece headlined ryan lochte i is one of many priviled first world tourists and brazilians are fed up. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodma
Privatelyrun federal prisons, ending contracts with Corrections Corporation of america, geo group, and management and training corporation. We will speak with investigative three reporters who exposed the forprofitprisons substandard conditions and medical care. Then the olympics in rio where police are contradicting claims by olympic Gold Medalist swimmer ryan lochte that he and three other teammates were r robbed by gunmen impersonating Police Officers. At this exact moment, what the police can say is there was no robbery the way the athletes reported. They were not victims of the criminal facts they described. The police can say that now. We will get reaction from the nations sports columnist dave zirin. His latest piece headlined ryan lochte i is one of many priviled first world tourists and brazilians are fed up. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a historic announcement, the Justice Department
There was an incident at a gas station in which a bathroom was damaged. The four swimmers, including rockvilles jack connor, tried to leave but were confronted by Security Guards with guns. They paid cash to cover the cost of the damage and then left. Police also say they could face charges of vandalism and giving false testimony. We have live coverage for you. Lets begin with wendy rieger in rio with some new video. Hi, wendy. Reporter here is whats happening tonight swimmers jack conger and gunnar bentz are no longer in police custody, but their passports are, so theyre stuck in rio as is swimmer jimmy feigen while ryan lochte is in the United States and not saying anything. This afternoon the Brazilian Police are saying plenty. Their shutdown headline was no robbed. This is video from the gas station where the four s stop. Police say the swimmers told them that lochte started getting stupid and some damage occurred to the restroom. You see the men exit and get into their cab. The ga
To the restroom. You see the men exit and get into their cab. The gas station attendants are clearly aware of that damage, and they call for their security. Today the head of the civil police in rio, fernando veloso, held a News Conference to give details. He said, there was no robbery as reported. They were not victims as they claimed. He said the men vandalized the bathroom, breaking a mirror, and the gas station security stopped them from leaving and called police. Before police arrived, the Security Guards with the help of a translator worked out a deal with the swimmers to pay for the damage. 100 brazilian reals and a 20 bill from the u. S. He says the security did pull a gun on the swimmers. Specifically ryan lochte. The Security Guard telling them lochte confronted them, one athlete really disturbed and angry, so they used a weapon to control him. Lochte was intoxicated and giving the guard a hard time. The guards also said they held the men at gunpoint because they were big ath