Red, White & BruisedProfiting from Punishment
This episode exposes how profit-driven motives have shaped America's private prison system, fueling corruption, inequality, and cycles of incarceration. Ryan Haylett breaks down the business behind bars, the human costs, and the tangled web connecting private interests to public pain.
About the podcast
Red, White & Bruised is a podcast about a country at war with itself — and the systems that got us here. Host Ryan Haylett peels back the myths, laws, and institutions that define American life, exposing how freedom gets traded for fear, comfort, or control. From the Constitution to the surveillance state, private prisons to public manipulation, this show tackles politics, history, power, and culture without the partisan fluff. This one’s for the politically homeless, and pissed-off patriots!
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