ICE detainees moved out of state after Utah County Jail terminates contract
Returning Guatemalan immigrants fly on a deportation flight from Mesa, Arizona on June 24, 2011 in flight to Guatemala City, Guatemala. Immigration detainees formerly held in Utah have been transferred to detention facilities as far away as Alabama after the Utah County Jail...
DOJ Establishing a School District in Federal Prison System
December 1, 2016 WASHINGTON—Attorney General Loretta Lynchsaid Wednesday that a school system would be formed within the vast federal prison network as part of a series of efforts to drive down recidivism and create a clearer path for thousands of inmates to re-enter their...
In An Israeli Prison, Two Palestinians Found A Future: A Food Truck
Khaldoun Barghouti (left) and Abdul Rahman Rahim al-Bibi (right), behind the counter at their food truck. The two men say they met behind bars in an Israeli prison, where they worked in the canteen. Lauren Frayer/NPR - November 2, 2016 Huddled over a hot griddle in the back of...
Life Beyond Bars: One Man’s Journey From Prison to College
Juan Echevarria, a former inmate who is pursuing a college degree, on his mother’s couch, where he sometimes has to sleep. Katie Orlinsky (nytimes.com) By Kyle Spencer - NY Times - November 1, 2016 Around midnight on June 30, 1998, Juan Echevarria, a 23-year-old principal in a...
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