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Push in House for ‘cleaning up’ DOC before prison vote

This story has been updated with comments from an interview with Rep. Will Mortenson and comments from House Speaker Jon Hansen. PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — At least 20 Republican members in the South ...
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The Rise of the Prison State: Trump’s Push for Megaprisons Could Lock Us All Up

America is rapidly becoming a nation of prisons. Having figured out how to parlay presidential authority in foreign affairs in order to sidestep the Constitution, President Trump is using his ...
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For owner of NC private prison, Trump immigration push is good for business

It's been a good year for the corporate owner of a shuttered North Carolina prison that may reopen to aid the Trump administration's push to remove undocumented immigrants in the country without legal ...
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ICE’s prison-for-profit machine may be undermining its own deportation push, congresswoman says

Accusations that ICE is a giant ATM machine for private prison contractors have been a common critique of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. But a key congresswoman in the fight against ...