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Private Prisons Rule With Little Oversight on America’s Border

Human Rights

To handle the waves of immigrants sentenced for re-entering the country, private prisons have sprung up from Arizona to Texas, with little oversight of detainee treatment.

Caitlin Dickson

Caitlin Dickson

Published Jun. 20 2014 5:45AM EDT

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TUCSON — The smell in the courtroom is overpowering.

About 40 men and two women fill seven rows of benches in the special proceedings courtroom at the U.S.

Caitlin Dickson

Caitlin Dickson

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