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Garrett Hazelwood

Garrett Hazelwood is a freelance journalist based in New Orleans,Louisiana. He tweets at @gdhazelwood.

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This NBA Mogul Is Profiting Off of Mass Incarceration

The billionaire Pistons’ owner talks a great game about helping Detroit. Meanwhile he’s exploiting incarcerated people and cashing in on Trump’s expansion of immigrant detention.

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