HBO's Left-Wing John Oliver Blasts Privatization of Prisons

John Oliver used the Sunday July 20 edition of HBO’s Last Week Tonight as a platform to condemn the privatization of the American prison system. Rather than describing both sides of the issue, Oliver told horror stories from prisons that outsource healthcare and food providers without mentioning similar stories from publically run prisons. According to Oliver, the verdict is straightforward: “private prisons are bad.” (See Newsbusters for full blog)