Hidden abuse in America’s gulags
7 min readJul 11, 2020
Is it time to require prison guards to wear body cams?
In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks by the police, public outcry has been loud and sustained, with calls to demilitarize and defund the police. In many cases, video footage of the brutality and killing — taken by bystanders or via the police officers’ own body cams — is what prevented a coverup and fueled the…