Upset over immigration crackdown? Join detention center divestment effort
Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 | 2 a.m.
The Trump administration’s order to separate families detained at the U.S.-Mexico border is now an ugly memory, but its cancelation didn’t spell the end of humanitarian concerns over the White House’s immigration crackdown.
In recent months, the federal government has quietly entered into several contracts with private prison companies to build and operate facilities designed for mass incarceration of detainees. Given the track record of the private prison industry, which includes years of lawsuits on human rights violations, it’s an alarming situation.
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