Daniel Hatcher on How the US Criminal Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.
In this episode, Andrew talks to the author of Injustice, Inc., Daniel Hatcher, about how the United States criminal justice system has transformed the poor and children into tradable commodities.
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Daniel L. Hatcher is Professor of Law in the University of Baltimore’s Civil Advocacy Clinic and author of The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerable Citizens. A former Maryland Legal Aid and Children’s Defense Fund attorney, he has long been a scholar, advocate, and teacher on poverty and justice.
