A detainee sat in human waste for 18 days in a private prison transport. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
========== >> A PRIVATELY RUN PRISON
TRANSPORT COMPANY IS GETTING SUED AFTER ONE MAN SAYS HE WAS
SHACKLED IN THE BACK OF THIS VAN FOR 18 DAYS COVERED IN FILTH AND
HUMAN FECAL MATTER. THIS ALL STARTED WHEN THE
ALLEGED VICTIM WAS IN WEST VIRGINIA, HE HAD MOVED TO
WINCHESTER, AND WHILE HE WAS AT A GAS STATION POLICE
STOPPED HIM BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS
STOLEN. THEY SAID HIS VEHICLE WAS
REPORTED STOLEN IN HOUSTON, AND THEY FILED CHARGES AGAINST
THEM. AT THAT POINT THIS TRANSPORT
VEHICLE CAME AND PICKED THEM UP AND HE WAS SHACKLED IN THE BACK
OF HIS VAN. LATER THE REPORT TURNED OUT TO
BE FALSE AND CHARGES WERE DISMISSED. WHEN YOU READ ABOUT THE
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THIS TRANSPORT COMPANY THEY ARE
PRETTY TORTUROUS. LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES. ALSO THE VAN
WAS OVERCROWDED. THIS
WAS A ...