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Takeaways from AP's reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts
Read full article: Takeaways from AP's reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contractsPrivate prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing lucrative no-bid contracts.
ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds
Read full article: ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention bedsNo-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to the Republican Trump administration’s push for more space to hold immigrants for deportation.
Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center
Read full article: Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas centerA judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials.