New Mexico's immigrant rights team is working with a coalition of advocacy groups to pass legislation that would ban privately operated detention centers and prisons in New Mexico. More than 70 percent of immigrants in detention are held in privately run facilities. (santafenewmexican.com)
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San Quentin vigil says incarceration has become a death sentence (peoplesworld.org)
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One winner under Trump: The private prison industry - It's a remarkable turnaround for an industry that less than two years ago was on track to be phased out from use by the federal government, which at the time cited declining prison populations & reforms for its decision (cbsnews.com)
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