In response to the memo issued by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the planned phase out of government contracts to private prisons, we discuss the merits (or lack thereof) as well as the moral considerations of private prisons.

 

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The episode is co-hosted by Dallas Post – the founder of The Post Money Plan as well as Stephen Ngao – a Fund Manager for a university Department of Medicine and Abe Elsayed – a financial analyst at telecommunications company.

 

More details on the official memo can be found here:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/phasing-out-our-use-private-prisons