Democracy Now!

Season 2016 Episode 167: Friday, August 19, 2016

Headlines for August 19, 2016; In Historic Shift, U.S. Government to End Use of Deadly, Costly, Negligent Private Prisons; Private Prisons May Be Phased Out, But Industry Leaves Trail of Bodies from Medical Neglect & Abuses; As Feds Close Prisons Run by Private Companies, Will They Do Same for Immigrant Detention Centers; Former Iran Hostage Shane Bauer: Claim That $400M U.S. Paid to Iran was Ransom Deal is 'Absurd'; Dave Zirin: Brazilians are Fed Up with U.S. Olympian Ryan Lochte and Privileged First-World Tourists

Genre:

Documentary, News, Talk

Seasons:

16

Episodes:

1369

Actor:

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2001

IMDb:

6.9