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Chris Kirkham

In Quiet Corner Of South Florida, A Private Prison Pits Town Against Town

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 06.22.2012 | Business
Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Southwest Ranches, Pembroke Pines, Immigration, Geo Group, Immigration Detention, For-Profit Prisons, Corrections Corp. Of America, Immigration Reform, Corrections Corporation of America, Detention Center, Prisons, Florida, Private Prisons, Immigrant Detention, Business News

In a quiet patch of palm-lined subdivisions at the edge of the Everglades, a yearlong battle has been brewing over plans to build one of the largest i...

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Chris Kirkham

Illinois House Comes Up Short In Bid To Stop Immigrant Detention Center Near Chicago

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.31.2012 | Business
Read More: Crete, Illinois House, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Corrections Corporation of America, Detention Center, Prisons, Illinois, Private Prisons, Immigrant Detention, For-Profit Prisons, Business News

Illinois lawmakers failed to muster the votes needed Thursday for a bill that would have blocked construction of a for-profit federal detention center...

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Elise Foley

Obama Administration Expands Prison Rape Elimination Act To Protect Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.17.2012 | Politics
Read More: Cca, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Doj, Prea, Prison Rape, Prison Abuse, Sexual Assault, T. Don Hutto Facility, Department of Homeland Security, Video, Detention Center, Corrections Corporation of America, Department of Justice, Dhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Immigrant detainees will no longer be treated differently under the law than prison inmates for purposes of rape prevention, the Obama a...

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Camp Bucca: Military Closes Largest Detention Camp In Iraq

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Iraq, Shiite, Abu Ghraib, Camp Cropper, Insurgency, Ronald Bucca, Soldiers, Kuwait, Enemy Combatants, Fallujah, Camp Taji, Prison, Detention Center, Camp Bucca, Baghdad, Jail, Sunni, World News

CAMP BUCCA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Wednesday closed Camp Bucca, an isolated desert prison that was once its largest lockup in Iraq, as it m...

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