Topic: Labor Camps

A journalist confronts Khalid Al-Sulateen, chief of the Aspire Sports Academy, regarding the treatment of foreign workers in labor camps. Despite Al-Sulateen's claims of a "comfortable and healthy environment," the reporter cites firsthand observations of overcrowding and lack of sanitation. The hosts speculate that the reporter may have had special immunity to avoid the arrests faced by other news crews.

China has announced plans to ease its one-child policy and abolish its system of "re-education through labor" camps. Deutsche Welle reports that these camps have historically been used to imprison critics and minor offenders without trial. The hosts compare these facilities to the rise of private prisons and the treatment of the homeless in the United States.