1 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,217 >>> A BEIJING TIGHTENS ITS GRIP, HONG KONGERS FACE YEARS IN 2 00:00:11,317 --> 00:00:13,649 PRISON FOR SAYING OR DOING THE WRONG THING. 3 00:00:13,750 --> 00:00:16,948 >> YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO BE READY TO GET ARRESTED AT ANY 4 00:00:17,048 --> 00:00:17,714 POINT. 5 00:00:18,046 --> 00:00:19,579 >> ANY POINT. FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY THE AND 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:25,076 FREEDOM IS A LIFELONG MISSION. THERE ARE MORE BATTLES COMING, 7 00:00:25,177 --> 00:00:26,208 I'M SURE. 8 00:00:26,507 --> 00:00:28,274 >> PRIVATE PRISON COMPANIES MAKE A PROFIT BY INCARCERATING PEOPLE 9 00:00:28,374 --> 00:00:31,073 ON THE GOVERNMENT'S BEHALF. 10 00:00:31,173 --> 00:00:32,771 >> FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, THEIR RETIREMENT FUND IS SOMEHOW 11 00:00:32,870 --> 00:00:36,402 CONNECTED WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT. 12 00:00:36,501 --> 00:00:39,433 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 13 00:00:39,533 --> 00:00:43,598 >> IT'S JUST EXPLOITIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND. 14 00:00:43,698 --> 00:00:44,897 >> THIS WOULD EFFECTIVELY PUT THESE COMPANIES OUT OF BUSINESS. 15 00:00:44,997 --> 00:00:48,128 >> YEAH, GOOD. 16 00:01:04,019 --> 00:01:04,352 >> WE WANT JUSTICE. 17 00:01:04,451 --> 00:01:11,546 >> 18 00:01:25,072 --> 00:01:34,965 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 19 00:01:52,389 --> 00:01:55,985 >> HERE THERE'S ABOUT PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO, THREE DOZEN PEOPLE 20 00:01:56,085 --> 00:02:00,816 LINED UP AGAINST THE WALL. WE SAW A COACH BUS FULL OF 21 00:02:00,917 --> 00:02:04,282 PEOPLE ARRESTED. THEY WERE CLEARLY ANTICIPATING A 22 00:02:04,381 --> 00:02:13,707 LOT OF ARRESTS TODAY. [ SPEAK CAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 23 00:02:13,807 --> 00:02:17,972 THE POLICE HAVE MADE AT LEAST 100 ARRESTS. 24 00:02:18,072 --> 00:02:22,370 PEOPLE ARE STILL YELLING SLOGANS THAT ARE NOW ILLEGAL UNDER THE 25 00:02:22,470 --> 00:02:26,033 NEW NATIONAL SECURITY LAW. THEY'RE YELLING ABOLISH THE 26 00:02:26,133 --> 00:02:36,228 POLICE. 27 00:02:42,857 --> 00:02:45,889 >> HONG KONG IS A CITY IN THE SOUTH OF CHINA IN ONE OF THE 28 00:02:45,989 --> 00:02:49,318 MOST DENSELY POPULATED PLACES IN THE WORLD WITH OVER 70 MILLION 29 00:02:49,419 --> 00:02:52,217 PEOPLE. ONCE A BRITISH COLONY, IT SAW 30 00:02:52,318 --> 00:02:55,681 RAPID GROWTH IN THE 50s AND SINGZ AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 31 00:02:55,782 --> 00:03:00,180 FLED MAINLAND CHINA'S OPPRESSIVE POLITICAL REGIME. 32 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:08,640 CHINA REGAINED HONG KONG IN 1987. 33 00:03:08,741 --> 00:03:13,738 SOON AFTER THE HANDOVER, BEIJING BEGAN TO ENCROACH UPON THE 34 00:03:13,837 --> 00:03:18,768 RIGHTS THEY PROMISED TO UPHOLD. UNTIL LAST YEAR. 35 00:03:18,867 --> 00:03:22,698 >> CHINA HAS PROPOSED A NEW LAW THAT COULD END ANY DREAM OF 36 00:03:22,799 --> 00:03:28,028 DEMOCRACY FOR HONG KONG. HONG KONG'S NATIONAL SECURITY 37 00:03:28,128 --> 00:03:30,494 LAW CAME INTO FORCE IN 2020 AFTER A BRUTAL CRACKDOWN ON THE 38 00:03:30,593 --> 00:03:33,792 PRO DEMOCRACY AND ANTI-CHINA MOVEMENT IN 2019. 39 00:03:33,891 --> 00:03:37,857 >> A NATIONAL SECURITY LAW WAS ONLY MADE PUBLIC THE MOMENT THE 40 00:03:37,955 --> 00:03:39,156 LAW WENT INTO FORCE. 41 00:03:39,254 --> 00:03:46,017 >> BEIJING BYPASSED HONG KONG'S OWN LEGISLATURE TO IMPLEMENT THE 42 00:03:46,116 --> 00:03:46,484 LAW. 43 00:03:47,383 --> 00:03:49,616 >> THE NEW LAW IS ABOUT CONTROL AND MAKING CLEAR WHO HAS IT. 44 00:03:49,715 --> 00:03:51,813 THE PUNISHMENT, UP TO LIFE IN PRISON. 45 00:03:51,914 --> 00:03:56,010 >> IT CRIMINALIZES WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE SA COMMITTEES, 46 00:03:56,111 --> 00:03:57,578 SUBVERSION, CONCLUSION WITH FOREIGN FORCES AND TERRORISM, 47 00:03:57,676 --> 00:04:02,241 ALL CARRYING A LIFE SENTENCE AND SO VAGUELY DEFINED THAT EVEN 48 00:04:02,340 --> 00:04:10,801 DEFACING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COULD EARN THE MAXIMUM PENALTY. 49 00:04:10,902 --> 00:04:14,099 >> YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO BE READY TO GET ARRESTED AT ANY 50 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:14,633 POINT. 51 00:04:15,099 --> 00:04:19,229 >> ANY POINT. I TOLD MY PR TEAM, IF IT 52 00:04:19,330 --> 00:04:22,727 HAPPENS, I JUST TYPE LETTER A AND WITHOUT ANYTHING, THAT MEANS 53 00:04:22,828 --> 00:04:23,328 ARREST. 54 00:04:24,126 --> 00:04:28,025 >> TED WAS AN OUTSPOKEN MEMBER OF THE PRO DEMOCRACY POSITION IN 55 00:04:28,124 --> 00:04:32,854 THE HONG KONG'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, LEGCO. 56 00:04:32,955 --> 00:04:36,386 THE REST ARE VOTED IN BY INTEREST GROUPS. 57 00:04:36,486 --> 00:04:42,582 MOSTLY LOYAL TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 58 00:04:42,681 --> 00:04:48,013 >> I WOULDN'T DESCRIBE MYSELF AS A RADICAL PERSON, BUT THEN I 59 00:04:48,113 --> 00:04:58,339 HAVE RADICAL TACTICS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 60 00:04:58,438 --> 00:05:03,270 >> DURING THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF HIS TERM, TED BECAME MONEY 61 00:05:03,369 --> 00:05:06,767 KNOWN FOR USING CONTROVERSIAL TACTICS, LIKE THROWING STINK 62 00:05:06,866 --> 00:05:09,898 BOMBS, TO PUSH BACK ON BEIJING'S AGENDA. 63 00:05:09,998 --> 00:05:13,229 >> THE PLAN THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME WHEN I WAS IN CHAMBER, I 64 00:05:13,330 --> 00:05:19,659 MIGHT BE ARRESTED FOR THAT, BUT IT'S TOTALLY NONVIOLENT, RIGHT? 65 00:05:19,758 --> 00:05:24,457 AND IT WORKED. TED'S TACTICS WERE ESSENTIALLY 66 00:05:24,556 --> 00:05:26,621 PHILLY BUSTERS DELAYING THE INEVITABLE. 67 00:05:26,722 --> 00:05:29,753 ONCE THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW TOOK EFFECT, OFFICIALS WERE SENT 68 00:05:29,852 --> 00:05:33,518 FROM MAINLAND CHINA TO WORK AS A NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ARM. 69 00:05:33,618 --> 00:05:35,916 OVERNIGHT, PEOPLE BECAME AFRAID OF GETTING CAUGHT DOING OR 70 00:05:36,015 --> 00:05:39,046 SAYING THE WRONG THING. PRO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS LIKE TED 71 00:05:39,147 --> 00:05:41,811 HAD LONG BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR MOVEMENTS IN 72 00:05:41,912 --> 00:05:47,907 COMMUNICATIONS BEING MONITORED. BUT NOW THE SURVEILLANCE SEEMED 73 00:05:48,008 --> 00:05:49,508 TO INTENSIFY. 74 00:05:49,607 --> 00:05:59,900 >> THERE WAS A TIME I WAS FOLLOWED BY A CAR FOR A WEEK. 75 00:06:00,001 --> 00:06:02,566 I SPOTTED THEM. I COULDN'T HELP ANY MORE. 76 00:06:02,664 --> 00:06:11,560 I STOPPED MY CAR AND CONFRONTED THOSE PEOPLE. 77 00:06:11,659 --> 00:06:15,291 WHO ARE YOU, ARE YOU POLICE OFFICERS OR ARE YOU NATIONAL 78 00:06:15,390 --> 00:06:19,722 SECURITY, INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE? WHO ARE YOU? 79 00:06:19,821 --> 00:06:24,085 AND THEN THEY JUST WOULDN'T ANSWER. 80 00:06:24,185 --> 00:06:28,950 THEY WOULDN'T SAY A WORD ABOUT IT. 81 00:06:29,049 --> 00:06:33,412 >> HONG KONG HAS LONG BEEN A GLOBAL FINANCIAL HUB, ACCUSTOM 82 00:06:33,513 --> 00:06:36,643 TO BEING MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH AS NEW YORK OR LONDON. 83 00:06:36,744 --> 00:06:39,510 NOW THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ALLOWED IT TO THRIVE ARE 84 00:06:39,609 --> 00:06:42,541 CRUMBLING AS BEIJING TIGHTENS ITS GRIP. 85 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:47,003 BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME DETERMINED TO PUSHBACK. 86 00:06:47,104 --> 00:06:49,736 EDEN CHOW ATTENDED A PROTEST IN 2019. 87 00:06:49,837 --> 00:07:02,229 AS A RESULT, HE'S NOW FACING FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. 88 00:07:03,161 --> 00:07:13,621 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 89 00:07:21,383 --> 00:07:31,844 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 90 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:54,263 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 91 00:07:54,363 --> 00:07:59,893 >> WITH STREET PROTESTS NO LONGER A VIABLE FORM OF DISSENT, 92 00:07:59,993 --> 00:08:07,687 THEY TOOK THINGS TO THE BALLOT. GWENNETH HO IS A JOURNALIST 93 00:08:07,787 --> 00:08:10,752 TURNED POLITICIAN. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 94 00:08:10,851 --> 00:08:14,017 SHE WAS COMPELLED TO RUN FOR OFFICE AFTER A REPORTING 95 00:08:14,117 --> 00:08:17,614 ASSIGNMENT THRUST HER INTO A VIOLENT ATTACK ON PROTESTERS 96 00:08:17,715 --> 00:08:31,705 RETURNING HOME ON SUBWAY. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 97 00:08:41,267 --> 00:08:44,465 >> THE MEN WORE MASKS AND WHITE SHIRTS AND STARTED BEATING 98 00:08:44,564 --> 00:09:01,454 PROTESTERS INDISCRIMINATELY. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 99 00:09:06,484 --> 00:09:19,276 >> HER CAMERA WAS STILL ROLLING AS SHE WAS BEATEN WITH STICKS. 100 00:09:26,939 --> 00:09:37,398 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 101 00:09:42,628 --> 00:09:45,994 >> AT LEAST 45 PEOPLE WERE INJURED DURING THE ATTACK. 102 00:09:46,094 --> 00:09:49,691 IT'S UNCLEAR WHO WAS BEHIND IT, BUT AT LEAST SOME OF THE MEMBER 103 00:09:49,791 --> 00:09:54,820 ARE BELIEVED TO BE MEMBERS OF TRAIDS, ORGANIZED CRIME 104 00:09:54,921 --> 00:09:58,085 SYNDICATES WITH THE REPUTATION OF BEING THUGS FOR ANYONE 105 00:09:58,186 --> 00:10:00,750 WILLING TO PAY. IT TOOK ALMOST 45 MINUTES TO 106 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:07,479 ARRIVE, AND EVEN THEN, NO ARRESTS WERE MADE THAT NIGHT. 107 00:10:07,580 --> 00:10:18,040 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 108 00:10:26,368 --> 00:10:32,797 >> IN THE LEAD UP TO THE OHIO STAKES 2020 109 00:10:32,897 --> 00:10:33,562 STAKES STAKES 110 00:10:34,162 --> 00:10:36,362 HIGH STAKES 2020 PRO DEMOCRACY ELECTIONS, THEY BELIEVED THEY 111 00:10:36,461 --> 00:10:39,093 HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO ACHIEVE REAL CHANGE, BUT THEY NEVER GOT 112 00:10:39,192 --> 00:10:40,292 THE CHANGE. 113 00:10:40,392 --> 00:10:42,591 >> THE LEADING PRO DEMOCRACY FIGURES IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN 114 00:10:42,691 --> 00:10:46,256 BARRED FROM RUNNING IN THE CITY'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS. 115 00:10:46,355 --> 00:10:51,418 >> 12 PRO DEMOCRACY RM DISQUALIFIED, INCLUDING 116 00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:54,483 GWENNETH. THEN BEIJING PASSED A RESOLUTION 117 00:10:54,584 --> 00:10:59,413 TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO DISMISS LEGISLATORS THEY DEEMED 118 00:10:59,513 --> 00:11:03,911 A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. AS A RESULT, FOUR LAWMAKERS WERE 119 00:11:04,010 --> 00:11:09,508 PROMPTLY KICKED OUT OF LEGCO. AS A RESULT, OTHERS RESIGNED IN 120 00:11:09,608 --> 00:11:11,906 PROTEST. NOW WITH THE MOVEMENT 121 00:11:12,006 --> 00:11:25,730 SUPPRESSED, THERE ISN'T EVEN AN OPPOSITION IN THE GOVERNMENT. 122 00:11:27,263 --> 00:11:37,723 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 123 00:11:50,081 --> 00:11:57,644 >> UNDER MOUNTING SCRUTINY AT HOME, TED FEARED HE COULD BE 124 00:11:57,744 --> 00:12:01,941 PROSECUTED AND FOREVER IMPRISONED UNDER THE FLASHL 125 00:12:02,042 --> 00:12:05,206 SECURITY LAW. SO HE FLED WITH HIS FAMILY. 126 00:12:05,306 --> 00:12:08,171 >> WAS IT A DIFFICULT DECISION? 127 00:12:08,272 --> 00:12:11,502 >> IT WAS DECISION. I GREW UP ALL MY LIFE IN LONG 128 00:12:11,601 --> 00:12:13,368 CONGRESS. I'LL MISS HONG KONG FOREVER. 129 00:12:13,468 --> 00:12:15,599 >> DO YOU THINK YOU'LL EVER BE ABLE TO GO BACK? 130 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:23,228 >> IT'S MY LIFELONG FIGHT AND TO DEFEAT THIS REGIME. 131 00:12:23,327 --> 00:12:27,058 I DON'T SEE PEOPLE LOSING HOPE NOW. 132 00:12:27,158 --> 00:12:31,989 I THINK PEOPLE ARE HAVING THAT PERSEVERANCE AND WILL FIGHT ON. 133 00:12:32,090 --> 00:12:36,119 >> IN YET ANOTHER BLOW TO HONG KONG'S DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS, 134 00:12:36,220 --> 00:12:39,917 CHINA RECENTLY OVERHAULED THE LEGISLATURE, SLASHING THE NUMBER 135 00:12:40,018 --> 00:12:44,548 OF DIRECTLY ELECTED LAWMAKERS FROM 35 TO 20, VIRTUALLY HANDING 136 00:12:44,648 --> 00:12:49,378 ALL CONTROL TO BEIJING. ALL TOLD, MORE THAN 10,000 137 00:12:49,479 --> 00:12:53,375 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. TED IS NOW IN AUSTRALIA, WHERE 138 00:12:53,475 --> 00:12:56,008 HE WILL CONTINUE TO LOBBY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO 139 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:59,205 PRESSURE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. IAN WAS SENTENCED TO A YEAR AND 140 00:12:59,306 --> 00:13:05,369 A HALF IN PRISON, BUT ENDED UP BEING RELEASED AFTER JUST SIX 141 00:13:05,469 --> 00:13:07,000 WEEK. GWYNNETH WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH 142 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:09,766 46 OTHER ACTIVISTS FOR SUBVERSION UNDER THE NATIONAL 143 00:13:09,867 --> 00:13:12,165 SECURITY LAW. SHE WAS DENIED BAIL AND NOW 144 00:13:12,264 --> 00:13:19,061 FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN PRISON. 145 00:13:31,253 --> 00:13:35,749 >> WE'RE IN RURAL WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, KIND OF OUT IN THE 146 00:13:35,849 --> 00:13:39,147 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO A TOWN 147 00:13:39,248 --> 00:13:40,879 CALLED PHILIPS BERG. THERE'S A PRIVATE PRISON YOU 148 00:13:40,979 --> 00:13:45,877 THERE THAT'S ABOUT TO CLOSE. THE MACHANNON VALLEY CORRECTION 149 00:13:45,976 --> 00:13:47,975 CENTER WAS A PRISON FOR FEDERAL INMATES. 150 00:13:48,075 --> 00:13:51,673 BUT THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T RUN IT PAID A PRIVATE COMPANY TO RUN 151 00:13:51,772 --> 00:13:54,805 IT, ABOUT $60 PER PRISONER PER DAY, MONEY THE COMPANY USED TO 152 00:13:54,903 --> 00:13:59,101 TURN A PROFIT. AS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO 153 00:13:59,201 --> 00:14:02,365 PHASE OUT ITS USE OF PRIVATE PRISONS, THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T 154 00:14:02,466 --> 00:14:05,531 RENEW ITS CONTRACT THIS YEAR. WHEN IT CLOSED, IT TOOK NEARLY 155 00:14:05,631 --> 00:14:09,528 300 JOBS WITH IT, JOBS WITH STARTING SALARIES MORE THAN FOUR 156 00:14:09,628 --> 00:14:12,692 TIMES THE MINIMUM WAGE. 157 00:14:12,792 --> 00:14:16,224 >> THE AREA HAS BEEN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED FOR 158 00:14:16,325 --> 00:14:17,557 DECADES. THAT WAS A GOD SEND TO HAVE THAT 159 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:18,489 FACILITY HERE. 160 00:14:18,989 --> 00:14:21,254 >> THE PRISON STAFF DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION TO TALK TO THE PRESS, 161 00:14:21,354 --> 00:14:24,952 BUT ONE GUARD AGREED TO SPEAK WITH US ANONYMOUSLY. 162 00:14:25,051 --> 00:14:27,551 >> DO YOU COME FROM A CORRECTIONS BACKGROUND OR IS 163 00:14:27,651 --> 00:14:30,182 THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAD DONE THIS KIND OF WORK? 164 00:14:30,282 --> 00:14:31,449 >> IT'S THE FIRST TIME. 165 00:14:31,548 --> 00:14:33,614 >> AND WERE THERE A LOT OF POEM LIKE THAT? 166 00:14:33,713 --> 00:14:38,311 >> I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE INITIAL HIRING. 167 00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:39,609 THERE AREN'T MANY JOBS LIKE THIS ONE. 168 00:14:39,710 --> 00:14:42,109 >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE 169 00:14:42,209 --> 00:14:43,108 INDUSTRIES ENTIRELY? 170 00:14:43,507 --> 00:14:48,272 >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES ACROSS THE BOARD. 171 00:14:48,372 --> 00:14:50,670 NOW I START AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER AGAIN. 172 00:14:50,769 --> 00:14:54,500 MAYBE IN 10 OR 12 YEARS, YOU GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW 173 00:14:54,599 --> 00:14:55,233 FINANCIALLY. 174 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,231 >> ALONG WITH THE JOBS, THE PRISON GAME $500,000 IN TAX 175 00:14:58,330 --> 00:15:00,763 REVENUE TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. 176 00:15:00,863 --> 00:15:03,494 >> THESE PRIVATE PRISON COMPANIES, ONE OF THEIR SORT OF 177 00:15:03,595 --> 00:15:06,993 PR MOVES IS THEY TRY AND PORTRAY THEMSELVES AS SAVIORS OF THESE 178 00:15:07,093 --> 00:15:10,623 LITTLE TOWNS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE 179 00:15:10,724 --> 00:15:12,989 PHILIPSBERG, IT HAS A HIGH POVERTY RATE. 180 00:15:13,089 --> 00:15:15,421 THE CITY ITSELF IS CONSTANTLY CASH STRAPPED. 181 00:15:15,521 --> 00:15:18,985 SO IT'S NOT LIKE THESE COMPANIES DO ENOUGH TO SAVE THESE CITIES 182 00:15:19,085 --> 00:15:22,282 FROM THE UNDERLYING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATIONS THAT AFFLICT 183 00:15:22,383 --> 00:15:26,415 THEM, BUT THEY DO JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM DEPENDENT. 184 00:15:26,514 --> 00:15:29,613 PRIVATE PRISONS ARE A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN INVENTION AND A PRODUCT 185 00:15:29,711 --> 00:15:30,944 OF THE REAGAN ERA. 186 00:15:31,043 --> 00:15:33,877 >> EVENING. USUALLY I TALK WITH YOU FROM MY 187 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:36,441 OFFICE IN THE WEST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT TONIGHT THERE'S 188 00:15:36,541 --> 00:15:38,440 SOMETHING SPECIAL TO TALK ABOUT. 189 00:15:38,540 --> 00:15:45,036 >> WHILE THE WAR ON DRUGS SENT MILLIONS TO PRISON, REGANOMICS 190 00:15:45,136 --> 00:15:49,998 CALLED FOR PRIVATIZING AS MUCH AS GOVERNMENT AS POSSIBLE. 191 00:15:50,099 --> 00:15:52,897 >> FOUNDED WITH ONE GOAL IN MIND. 192 00:15:52,998 --> 00:15:56,095 TO PROVIDE AN INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO THE 193 00:15:56,195 --> 00:15:58,926 ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS OF THE EXISTING 194 00:15:59,027 --> 00:16:01,158 CORRECTIONS AND DETENTION SYSTEM. 195 00:16:01,258 --> 00:16:04,257 >> PRIVATE PRISON COMPANIES SAY THEY DO JUST AS GOOD A JOB AS 196 00:16:04,356 --> 00:16:06,888 LOCKING PEOPLE UP AS THE GOVERNMENT DOES, ONLY THEY DO IT 197 00:16:06,989 --> 00:16:11,152 MORE CHEAPLY AND EFFICIENTLY. BUT CRITICS SAY THEY ONLY MAKE A 198 00:16:11,253 --> 00:16:14,518 PROFIT BY CUTTING COSTS ON BASICS LIKE FOOD AND HEALTH CARE 199 00:16:14,617 --> 00:16:17,181 AND THAT THAT LEADS TO ABUSE AND NEGLECT. 200 00:16:17,282 --> 00:16:20,647 TODAY, THE INDUSTRY IS WORTH MORE THAN $5 BILLION, BUT IT'S 201 00:16:20,748 --> 00:16:22,345 ALSO IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. 202 00:16:22,445 --> 00:16:27,243 >> SO WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE PRIVATE PRISON INDUSTRY, THEY'RE 203 00:16:27,343 --> 00:16:30,508 GENERALLY ONLY TALKING ABOUT TWO COMPANIES. 204 00:16:30,606 --> 00:16:34,337 IT'S HARD TO GET INFORMATION OUT OF THESE COMPANIES DIRECTLY, BUT 205 00:16:34,438 --> 00:16:39,368 LUCKILY THEY'RE PUBLICLY TRADED. THE STORY THAT THEY TELL IS NOT 206 00:16:39,469 --> 00:16:43,798 A VERY GOOD ONE. PUBLIC OPPOSITION HAS BECOME SO 207 00:16:43,899 --> 00:16:45,530 STRONG THAT IT'S KWOMP STRONG THAT IT'S KWOCOMPROMISIN 208 00:16:45,631 --> 00:16:48,462 THEIR ABILITY TO FUNCTION AS BUSINESSES. 209 00:16:48,563 --> 00:16:50,828 THIS IS THE LATEST REPORT. IN THESE REPORTS, THEY HAVE TO 210 00:16:50,928 --> 00:16:53,393 OUTLINE THE RISKS THAT THEY'RE FACING. 211 00:16:53,492 --> 00:16:56,025 FIRST, MAJOR POLICY CHANGES THREATEN THE COMPANY'S BOTTOM 212 00:16:56,124 --> 00:16:59,788 LINE START, PRESIDENT BIDEN ORDERING THE DOJ NOT TO RENEW 213 00:16:59,889 --> 00:17:03,087 ANY PRIVATE PRISON CONTRACTS. THEN THERE'S THE COMPANY'S DEBT 214 00:17:03,188 --> 00:17:06,617 WHICH HAS BALLOONED MORE THAN THREE FOLD IN THE LAST TEN 215 00:17:06,719 --> 00:17:08,450 YEARS. IT'S LOST FINANCING FROM SEVERAL 216 00:17:08,550 --> 00:17:12,914 BIG BANKS AND PENSION FUNDS. SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN TAKEN 217 00:17:13,015 --> 00:17:14,814 TOGETHER? YOU HAVE A COMPANY FACING 218 00:17:14,913 --> 00:17:20,575 GROWING OPPOSITION, RAPIDLY LOSING CONTRACTS, BALLOONING 219 00:17:20,675 --> 00:17:22,408 DEBT. THAT'S A DOWNWARD SPIRAL. 220 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:26,771 >> THE MOVEMENT AGAINST PRIVATE PRISONS ALONGSIDE THE LARGER 221 00:17:26,872 --> 00:17:30,502 MOVEMENT AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION, ONE OF ITS 222 00:17:30,603 --> 00:17:33,867 BIGGEST VICTORIES CAME WHEN IT SUCCESSFULLY PRESSURED BANKS TO 223 00:17:33,968 --> 00:17:37,399 DIVERT FROM THE SFRI. MORGAN SIMON IS PART OF THAT 224 00:17:37,498 --> 00:17:41,430 MOVEMENT. SHE'S AN IMPACT INVESTOR. 225 00:17:41,529 --> 00:17:45,860 >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO THE OWNERS ARE OF GEOGROUP AND COR 226 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,659 CIVIC, THE TWO LARGEST ARE VANGUARD AND BLACKROCK. 227 00:17:48,758 --> 00:17:52,823 FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, THAT MIGHT MEAN THAT THEIR RETIREMENT FUND 228 00:17:52,922 --> 00:17:56,254 IS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO THOSE ENTITIES AND A LOT OF US MIGHT 229 00:17:56,354 --> 00:17:58,118 OWN PRISONS WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT. 230 00:17:58,219 --> 00:18:02,717 >> I COULD HAVE MONEY FROM MY 401(k) GOING TO ONE OF THEM? 231 00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:05,214 >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHERE SOMETIMES WHEN 232 00:18:05,316 --> 00:18:08,578 WE'RE PUSHING ON POLITICIANS TO TAKE ACTIONS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT 233 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,377 OURSELVES, TOO. THAT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS 234 00:18:11,478 --> 00:18:15,441 LOOKING AT COULD I BANK WITH A COMMUNITY BLANK OR CREDIT UNION? 235 00:18:15,542 --> 00:18:18,774 COULD I GO TO MY HR DIRECTOR AND SAY, HEY, IS THERE A SOCIAL 236 00:18:18,873 --> 00:18:21,306 OPTION WE COULD HAVE ON THIS RETIREMENT FUND? 237 00:18:21,405 --> 00:18:26,868 >> LAST YEAR, COR CIVIC SUED SIMON FOR MISINFORMATION. 238 00:18:26,968 --> 00:18:30,665 THE SUIT WAS DISMISSED A FEW MONTHS LATER AND IS NOW UNDER 239 00:18:30,766 --> 00:18:31,431 APPEAL. 240 00:18:31,699 --> 00:18:33,664 >> WHY DO YOU THINK COR CIVIC SUED YOU? 241 00:18:33,764 --> 00:18:39,960 >> I THINK THAT THE IDEA THAT IT IS OKAY TO LOCK PEOPLE UP FOR 242 00:18:40,059 --> 00:18:46,390 PROFIT IS THREATENED BY PEOPLE LIKE ME. 243 00:18:46,489 --> 00:18:50,452 POLICY OR MONEY WERE KIND OF THE TWO MAIN LEVERS THAT WE HAVE TO 244 00:18:50,553 --> 00:18:53,450 MAKE CHANGE. AND I JUST CHOSE THE PATH OF 245 00:18:53,550 --> 00:18:54,018 MONEY. 246 00:18:54,816 --> 00:18:56,850 >> CORE CIVIC AND THE GEOGROUP GAVE US STATEMENTS WHERE THEY 247 00:18:56,950 --> 00:19:03,312 DEFENDED THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THEY PROVIDE AND ACCUSED 248 00:19:03,412 --> 00:19:06,177 ACTIVISTS OF SPREADING FALSE NARRATIVES ABOUT THEM. 249 00:19:06,277 --> 00:19:14,139 BOTH SAID THEY DON'T PLAY A ROLE IN SETTING POLICIES. 250 00:19:14,239 --> 00:19:16,604 NEVERTHELESS, THEY FACE A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO 251 00:19:16,703 --> 00:19:20,501 WOULD FAR SEE THEM GONE? 252 00:19:20,601 --> 00:19:22,566 >> EXPANDING OUR CULTURAL STATE AND -- 253 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:26,064 >> CONGRESSWOMAN IONA PRESLEY INTRODUCED THE PEOPLE'S JUSTICE 254 00:19:26,163 --> 00:19:28,762 GUARANTEE, A RESOLUTION THAT, AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS, WOULD 255 00:19:28,863 --> 00:19:32,860 MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PROFIT OFF OF INCARCERATION IN ANY WAY. 256 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:38,357 SO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU INTRODUCED, IF ENACTED, WOULD 257 00:19:38,457 --> 00:19:40,288 EFFECTIVELY PUT THESE COMPANIES OUT OF BUSINESS. 258 00:19:40,389 --> 00:19:42,587 IN YOUR VIEW, THAT'S THE INTENTION? 259 00:19:42,687 --> 00:19:46,318 >> YEAH. GOOD, YEAH. 260 00:19:46,418 --> 00:19:50,549 NO, ABSOLUTELY. 261 00:19:50,650 --> 00:19:51,748 >> JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. 262 00:19:51,848 --> 00:19:56,145 >> LET ME CONTEXTUALIZE THIS. WHEN YOU'RE INCENTIVIZED BY 263 00:19:56,246 --> 00:19:58,277 PROFIT, YOU DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE 264 00:19:58,377 --> 00:20:00,177 SERVICES. SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU PROFITING 265 00:20:00,277 --> 00:20:06,139 OVER PROVIDING THE MOST BASIC OF SERVICES, BUT THEN ALSO THERE'S 266 00:20:06,239 --> 00:20:09,704 NO EMPATHY. SO IT'S JUST EXPLOITIVE ALL THE 267 00:20:09,804 --> 00:20:10,537 WAY AROUND. 268 00:20:11,135 --> 00:20:16,334 >> THESE COMPANIES SAY, WELL, WE DON'T MAKE THE POLICIES WHO GETS 269 00:20:16,433 --> 00:20:20,097 INCARCERATED OR WHO DOESN'T. WE ARE SIMPLY AN INSTRUMENT OF 270 00:20:20,198 --> 00:20:22,862 GOVERNMENT TO ENACT THOSE POLICIES. 271 00:20:22,962 --> 00:20:25,960 >> THE THING IS, THERE IS A COMPLICITNESS IN THAT. 272 00:20:26,060 --> 00:20:29,358 YOU'RE SORT OF TRYING TO IT BOTH WAYS. 273 00:20:29,459 --> 00:20:32,655 SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE NOT THE DRIVER OF IT, BUT YOU'RE NOT 274 00:20:32,756 --> 00:20:34,256 WORKING ACTIVELY TO DISMANTLE IT. 275 00:20:34,355 --> 00:20:39,185 NONE OF THIS IS NAIL NONE OF THIS IS NATURALLY 276 00:20:39,286 --> 00:20:41,651 OCCURRING. OPPRESSION, CONFINEMENT, 277 00:20:41,750 --> 00:20:47,214 EXPLOITATION. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN LEGISLATED. 278 00:20:47,315 --> 00:20:50,444 >> THE PRIVATE PRISON INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES IS IN 279 00:20:50,545 --> 00:20:53,044 SERIOUS TROUBLE. BUT THEY'RE FINDING WAYS TO 280 00:20:53,143 --> 00:20:56,908 ADOPT, FIGHT BACK, SURVIVE IN SOME CASES ACTUALLY THRIVE. 281 00:20:57,008 --> 00:20:59,539 ONE WAY THEY'VE DONE THAT IS TO FOCUS ON A POPULATION THAT THE 282 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,337 GOVERNMENT IS STILL WILLING TO LOCK UP IN FOR-PROFIT 283 00:21:02,438 --> 00:21:04,736 FACILITIES. IMMIGRANTS. 284 00:21:04,835 --> 00:21:09,999 8 OUT OF 10 IMMIGRANTS IN I.C.E. CUSTODY ARE IN PRIVATE DETENTION 285 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:11,766 CENTERS. THAT MEANS FACILITIES LIKE THIS 286 00:21:11,865 --> 00:21:14,397 ONE ARE MORE VALUABLE TO THE BUSINESS THAN EVER. 287 00:21:14,497 --> 00:21:17,694 THE I.C.E. PROCESSING CENTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OWNED AND 288 00:21:17,795 --> 00:21:22,825 OPERATED BY THE GEOGROUP IS ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE DETENTION 289 00:21:22,925 --> 00:21:28,189 CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST 290 00:21:28,288 --> 00:21:29,587 INFAMOUS. SEVERAL DETAINEES HAVE DIED 291 00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:32,152 THERE. WHEN FEDERAL INSPECTORS VISITED 292 00:21:32,252 --> 00:21:39,114 THE CITY IN 2018, THEY FOUND AGRAJUS VIOLATIONS. 293 00:21:39,214 --> 00:21:44,777 AT THE TIME, THE GEOGROUP DISPUTED O OF THE INSPECTOR'S 294 00:21:44,877 --> 00:21:48,875 FINDINGS. IN THE 2 1/2 YEARS THAT JOSE WAS 295 00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:54,273 DETAINED, HE FILED SEVERAL GRIEVANCES ALLEGING INSTANCES OF 296 00:21:54,373 --> 00:21:56,403 ABUSE AND MEDICAL SNETH. ABUSE AND MEDICAL SNENEGLECT. 297 00:21:56,504 --> 00:22:02,334 .HE SAYS ONCE AFTER A SURGICAL PROCEDURE, STAFF FAILED TO CLEAN 298 00:22:02,433 --> 00:22:12,162 HIS WOUNDS FOR DAYS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 299 00:22:12,261 --> 00:22:14,825 >> HE SAYS HE FINALLY GOT ATTENTION, BUT ONLY AFTER HE GOT 300 00:22:14,925 --> 00:22:17,825 IN TOUCH WITH THE MEXICAN CONSULATE, WHICH COMPLAINED ON 301 00:22:17,923 --> 00:22:36,845 HIS BEHALF. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 302 00:23:02,329 --> 00:23:11,923 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 303 00:23:12,022 --> 00:23:16,087 >> IN A STATEMENT, I.C.E. SAID THEY ENSURE DETAINEES ARE 304 00:23:16,188 --> 00:23:20,318 TREATED HUMANELY AND PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE. 305 00:23:20,419 --> 00:23:27,413 THE GEO GROUP SAYS THEY STRONGLY DENY THESE ALLEGATIONS. 306 00:23:27,514 --> 00:23:33,977 IN 2019, RIGHT WHEN CONTRACTS FOR ATOLANTO WAS DUE TO RUN OUT, 307 00:23:34,076 --> 00:23:39,007 CALIFORNIA PASSED A LAW BANNING NEW CONTRACTS FOR PRIVATE 308 00:23:39,106 --> 00:23:44,370 DETENTION CENTERS OF ANY KIND. SO THE COMPANY MOVED QUICKLY 309 00:23:44,470 --> 00:23:50,833 JUST 13 DAYS BEFORE THE BAN WAS SET TO TAKE EFFECT. 310 00:23:50,932 --> 00:24:01,692 GEOSIGNED A NEW NEW, 1R5-YEAR GEOSIGNED A NEW NEW, 1R5-Y5-YEA 311 00:24:04,057 --> 00:24:06,556 CONTRACT. OTOLONTO WAS NOT ONLY STILL 312 00:24:06,656 --> 00:24:10,821 OPEN, IT WAS NOW THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT DETENTION CENTER IN 313 00:24:10,921 --> 00:24:14,384 THE NATION. THEY NEEDED THE COOPERATION OF 314 00:24:14,485 --> 00:24:18,949 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY ENCOUNTERED RESISTANCE FROM 315 00:24:19,048 --> 00:24:19,815 STEVANA EVANS. 316 00:24:20,346 --> 00:24:23,879 >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEOAND THE 317 00:24:23,979 --> 00:24:24,412 CITY? 318 00:24:25,277 --> 00:24:27,376 >> I THINK BETWEEN GEO AND THE CITY, IT'S A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. 319 00:24:27,477 --> 00:24:30,541 GEOGETS WHAT THEY NEED AND THEY GIVE THE CITY A FEW CRUMBS AND 320 00:24:30,642 --> 00:24:33,338 THE CITY IS HAPPY WITH THAT. BUT WHAT IS THAT WORTH? 321 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:39,635 >> AT ONE POINT, EVANS REFUSED TO SIGN SOME PAPERS THAT GEO 322 00:24:39,736 --> 00:24:42,067 NEEDED HER TO SIGN. SHE SAID THE COMPANY FLEW ITS 323 00:24:42,168 --> 00:24:44,699 CEO MORE THAN 5,000 MILES. 324 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:47,398 >> CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT MEETING? 325 00:24:47,497 --> 00:24:52,127 >> IT WAS VERY AWKWARD AND HEATED. 326 00:24:52,228 --> 00:24:54,027 HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I WOULDN'T AGREE TO THIS. 327 00:24:54,126 --> 00:24:59,356 HE'S ALWAYS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY AND THEY DONATE 328 00:24:59,457 --> 00:25:03,754 MONEY THERE. HE'S BEAT RED AND HE TELLS ME, 329 00:25:03,854 --> 00:25:13,714 IF YOU DON'T SIGN THESE LETTERS TODAY, THEN I'M NOT GOING TO PAY 330 00:25:13,815 --> 00:25:14,515 YOU ANY MORE. 331 00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:16,645 >> THE COMPANY EVENTUALLY GOT WHAT IT NEEDED IN THE CITY AND 332 00:25:16,746 --> 00:25:20,309 SPENT SOME MONEY IN THE PROCESS. DURING LAST YEAR'S ELECTIONS, 333 00:25:20,411 --> 00:25:25,306 THE GEO GROUP PAID MONEY TO A LOCAL PAC. 334 00:25:25,408 --> 00:25:31,202 THAT PAC, IN TURN, SPENT MORE THAN $35,000 TO BACK THOSE WHO 335 00:25:31,303 --> 00:25:34,802 BACKED THE GROUP IN THE PAST. THE COMPANY DIDN'T RESPOND TO 336 00:25:34,901 --> 00:25:37,700 QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS POLITICAL DONATIONS. 337 00:25:37,799 --> 00:25:41,963 >> FOR A PLACE LIKE THIS, IS THAT A LOT OF MONEY? 338 00:25:42,064 --> 00:25:47,860 >> MOST DEFINITELY. ME, A NEWCOMER, WON MY SEAT ON 339 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,357 $4,000. SO IS THAT A LOT OF MONEY? 340 00:25:50,458 --> 00:25:51,990 HECK YA, IT IS. 341 00:25:52,089 --> 00:25:56,188 >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT THAT GEODONATED THIS MONEY TO 342 00:25:56,287 --> 00:26:01,918 EMPTY PACS AND SPENT MONEY ON BEHALF OF THESE COMPANIES. 343 00:26:02,018 --> 00:26:05,048 >> THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT. 344 00:26:05,149 --> 00:26:08,614 >> IF THEY HADN'T DONE THAT, WHATEVER THAT MONEY WAS SPENT 345 00:26:08,712 --> 00:26:11,412 ON, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE FINE PRINT THAT SAYS THIS MESSAGE WAS 346 00:26:11,511 --> 00:26:12,277 PAID FOR BY -- 347 00:26:12,379 --> 00:26:13,677 >> BY GEO. 348 00:26:13,777 --> 00:26:15,476 >> BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE -- 349 00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:21,637 >> NO, NOT WITH SOME RANDOM PAC. THIS IS HOW THEY DO THIS IN ALL 350 00:26:21,739 --> 00:26:33,864 SMALL CITIES, BUT THEY HAVE WITH SMALL POPULATIONS. 351 00:26:33,963 --> 00:26:35,829 THEY DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO TO GET THEM IN. 352 00:26:35,930 --> 00:26:40,594 >> IT MAY BE AN INDUSTRY IN DECLINE, BUT THE U.S. HAS MORE 353 00:26:40,693 --> 00:26:45,025 PEOPLE IN FOR-PROFIT PRISONS THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE 354 00:26:45,123 --> 00:26:53,118 WORLD. FOR OTOLONTO, I.C.E. IS THE 355 00:26:53,219 --> 00:27:00,780 GROUP. PEPE WHO WAS THERE FOR 125 DAYS. 356 00:27:00,881 --> 00:27:04,245 WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO THIS PLACE? 357 00:27:04,345 --> 00:27:14,806 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]