Immigration detention is a profit making business with little transparency to a rapidly growing patchwork of holding centers. Even though the Obama administration has promised reform, it is not fundamentally addressing an overemphasis on the use of detention. And its coming a little too late for Pedro Tavarez, whose sudden death in detention stunned his family and who are demanding an investigation. Read the article →
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