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Are laughing at us at 5 00 in the afternoon. Washington journal continues. Us fromrl takei is with the American Civil Liberties aclu, better known as the here to discuss the recent Justice Department decision to reverse course on an Obama Administration directive to phase out the use of private prisons. Why did the Trump Administration make this change and what substantively is it . Guest is a total reversal from the Obama Administration. In 2016 they announced a regard to phase out the use of private grisons after a damin department of justice Inspector General report showing that private prisons performed worse than regular public prisons, and they could not find evidence of cost savings. The findings were terrible, i have to emphasize that. They found there were more lockdowns, nine times more lockdowns, excessive use of solitary confinement, poor medical care. In one case there was a private prison that went without a fulltime doctor for eight months, apparently because it saved th

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