Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods on Mass Incarceration, Racial Bias and Bail Reform

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before Congress next week amid a privacy scandal involving data from tens of millions of users . NPR tech reporter Aarti Shahani brings us the latest on the social media giant (00:50). Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods joins to talk about why he became a defense attorney (9:40), his own experience with law enforcement (14:14), what it means to be the first black Public Defender in his county (19:58), and why he thinks California needs bail reform (24:17). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices