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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.
Court voids last conviction of Kansas researcher in case that started as Chinese espionage probe
Read full article: Court voids last conviction of Kansas researcher in case that started as Chinese espionage probeA federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a researcher who was accused of hiding work he did in China while employed at the University of Kansas.