Attorney David Haynes of The Cochran Firm joins Mike Papantonio.

In for Thom tonight, America’s Lawyer and host “Ring of Fire” radio, Mike PapantoniO talks with David Pakman of the “David Pakman Show” about new allegations of lies from Bill O’Reilly.

America's Lawyer Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio, joins Thom Hartmann. The War on Terror has come home. Back in 2006 - we learned that the CIA was running secret overseas prisons - or black sites - where they indefinitely detained and tortured terrorism suspects. When news first broke about these black sites - most Americans were shocked to learn that the CIA was working with some of world’s most repressive governments to run what were essentially glorified dungeons. But until just a few days ago - very few of us knew that back home - right here in the United States - one of the biggest police departments in the country had a secret dungeon of its own.

Right now - there are around 2.4 million Americans sitting in a jail cell - a 500% increase over the past three decades - and a disproportionate number of those inmates are of color. So - how did our jails get so crowded - and what can be done to change this disturbing trend across the country? Joining me now for more on all of this is Maya Schenwar - Editor in Chief of Truthout and Author of the book, "Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better"