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4/8 Ryan Cooper: How Your Local Jail Became Hell & For Members Only! Aaron McGruder & Patton Oswalt

April 8, 2015

Ryan Cooper, a National Correspondent The Week Magazine explains how local jails are abusing human rights. How minor charges and Police harassment lead to the jailing and abuse of non-violent offenders and how local jail systems can be reformed.

Also for Members only! A conversation from the Air America days with Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder and comic Patton Oswalt.

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