7am – Thousands of ICE detainees claim that they’re forced to participate in labor programs that ICE says are strictly voluntary and that solitary confinement is being used as punishment for detainees who refuse to cooperate. UpFront Producer Lucy Kang speaks with investigative journalist Spencer Woodman (@spencerwoodman) about his recent Intercept article “Private Prison Continues to Send ICE Detainees to Solitary Confinement for Refusing Voluntary Labor.”
7:30am – We speak with Katie Joaquin, NorCal Coordinator with the International Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) about the latest on extra-judicial killings in Philippine “war on drugs.” For more information: ichrp.norcal@gmail.com.