Gus Puryear is the top attorney for the world’s largest private prison company. He also belongs to a Nashville country club with allegedly discriminatory practices regarding women and, possibly, minorities. Will those two facts keep him from being a federal judge? One former prisoner and activist certainly hopes so.
Entries Tagged as 'Corrections Corporation of America'
Part 2 - Power, Politics, Prisons
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Alex Friedman · CCA · Corrections Corporation of America · Gus Puryear · MTV Street Team '08 · Spoke Digital Films · Tennessee · prison · private prisons · social justice
Video - Power, Politics, and Prisons
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Recently, the New York Times reported about a Pew Research Center study indicating that 1 in 99 American adults are behind bars, our country’s highest rate ever. I decided to do some research about the role private prisons play in the economics and politics of this development.
Tags: CCA · Corrections Corporation of America · Documentary · Gus Puryear · Lamar Alexander · MTV Street Team '08 · Tennessee · civil rights · movie · prison · private prisons · social justice
