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Shane bauer american prison5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name there was no meaningful background check. In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. ![]() ![]() Anthony Lukas Book Prize * Winner of the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism * Winner of the 2019 RFK Book and Journalism Award * A New York Times Notable Book A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our countrys history. New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018 * One of President Barack Obamas favorite books of 2018 * Winner of the 2019 J. Book Synopsis An enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform. ![]()
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