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Immigration enforcement is supplying a long‑standing economic market for prisoners

wlrn.org · 14dShare

Federal immigration detention in local facilities hearkens back to earlier eras of expanding American incarceration. As a sociologist of law and punishment, I’ve explored how rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap into federal funds during times of economic precarity.

First report: Immigration enforcement is supplying a long‑standing economic market for prisoners — minnpost.com, 14d