City of Immigrants Fills Jail Cells With Its Own – Central Falls, Rhode Island (a mostly Latino community) :: look into the fastest-growing, least-examined type of incarceration in America, an industry that detains half a million people a year, up from a few thousand just 15 years ago. The system operates without the rules that protect criminal suspects, and has grown up with little oversight, often in the backyards of communities desperate for any source of money and work. – In a sinking economy, immigration detention is a rare growth industry. – (A MUST READ) From: nytimes.com
Tagged: detention, Rhode Island
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December 28th, 2008
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Filed Under: Community, Essentials, Immigration, Top Stories
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Filed Under: Community, Essentials, Immigration, Top Stories
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