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Who Gets Rich(er(est)) From a Groupon IPO?
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail’s Apoca-Culture
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Who Gets Rich(er(est)) From a Groupon IPO?

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT

I spoke a little about this today on Bloomberg TV, but it’s eye-opening who gets rich(er(est)) on the Groupon IPO. Check the following… [cont.]

[Full post at my Bloomberg blog]

Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail’s Apoca-Culture

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Harrowing and depressingly post-apocalyptic:

In the first episode of this two-part series, Louis spends time in one of the most notorious sections of Miami County Jail: the fifth and sixth floor of ‘Main Jail’, where many of the most volatile inmates are incarcerated.

Held in large cage-like dwellings for up to 24 men, the inmates have developed a strange and violent jail culture. The men – who remain in the cells almost all the time and may only leave for yard time twice a week – live under the sway of a gladiatorial code. They fight each other for food, for status, and often just to pass the endless hours of confinement. Trips to the infirmary are a frequent occurrence as inmates are viciously attacked and beaten, but the guards say they are powerless to end the abuse.

via BBC – BBC Two Programmes – Louis Theroux, Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail, Part 1.