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The Business of Migrant Detention

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The Detention Industry: Riots, Rural Economies, Privatization

1987 Cuban uprisings, federal investment in detention centers, rural towns courting detention jobs, rise of county contracts and private prison involvement as a pillar of mass incarceration.

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