Punishment, and whether private prisons healthy functioning of our criminal Justice System. Prisons have been making a comeback under president trump, poised to grow under his law and order approach and his immigration policy. The trumpy, administration reversed last years of Obama Administration directive to phase out privately run federal prisons. Biggestices for the two private Prison Companies have about double to, doubled, the geo group and cca. Have a really incredible panel joining us tonight. Shane bauer spent four months as a private prison guard and brought us a firsthand account of what happened in these prisons. He is the author of sliver of light. [applause] next, we have the former warden andan quentin state prison, the former undersecretary at the California Department of corrections and rehabilitation. [applause] santos is an investigative journalist for the Marshall Project, a nonprofit News Organization covering the u. S. Criminal Justice System. She wrote an extensiv
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Forum. I am glad that marissa is not my editor. If i had to keep my questions to 15 words welcome to tonights forum with the commonwealth club. Tonight tackles the question of surrounding forprofit punishment and whether private prisons help or harm the functioning of our criminal antice system, and this is important question because private prisons have been making a comeback under President Trump. They are poised to grow under his lawn order pro law and order approach to things. The Trump Administration reversed last years of Obama Administration directive to phase out privately run federal prisons. Twostock prices for the biggest Prison Companies have just about doubled since election day. Those companies are the geo group and course of it and and core civic. Hes also the author of sliver of light about his imprisonment in iran. [applause] she is alsos former undersecretary from the California Department of corrections and rehabilitation and a strong opponent of the death penalty. J
Development today, about the new fbi review of Hillary Clintons use of a private email server. What does this mean . How serious is it . And what impact do you think it will have on the president ial race at this point . Well, it has the potential, thuy, of being a gamechanger, because there was nothing else that was likely to change in the political landscape. You had the last debate a couple of weeks ago, and then it was going to be sort of the charge until election day. The other reason i think this could be a big issue, a big deal for the campaign, is that, number one, its something that donald trump has been pounding on all campaign long, an issue that hes been using practically every day. And also, it plays on two things about Hillary Clinton that are already known vulnerabilities. Polls show that people think that she is less honest, less trustworthy, than donald trump. So, now this issues coming up. Legally we dont know how big a deal it is. We dont know what this new evidence
Development today, about the new fbi review of Hillary Clintons use of a private email server. What does this mean . How serious is it . And what impact do you think it will have on the president ial race at this point . Well, it has the potential, thuy, of being a gamechanger, because there was nothing else that was likely to change in the political landscape. You had the last debate a couple of weeks ago, and then it was going to be sort of the charge until election day. The other reason i think this could be a big issue, a big deal for the campaign, is that, number one, its something that donald trump has been pounding on all campaign long, an issue that hes been using practically every day. And also, it plays on two things about Hillary Clinton that are already known vulnerabilities. Polls show that people think that she is less honest, less trustworthy, than donald trump. So, now this issues coming up. Legally we dont know how big a deal it is. We dont know what this new evidence