Description:A harrowing and groundbreaking account of going undercover as a guard in a private prison in Louisiana, springing from the extraordinary National Magazine Award-winning Mother Jones cover story that shocked a nation
In 2015, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winn, Louisiana. He used his real name, and although it was apparent to all who could use Google that he was an award-winning investigative journalist with a history of immersive inside stories, no meaningful background check was done on him. 120 days later, after the prison cottoned to what he was up to, he was summarily fired. His Mother Jones cover story exploded in summer 2016; it became that magazine's most read story in history. In response, the Obama administration announced that federal prisoners would no longer be housed in private prisons. Hillary Clinton announced her full support. One of the first moves President Trump made was...