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Biden Admin to Turn Pennsylvania Prison into For-Profit ICE Jail

HeadlineOct 08, 2021

Immigrant justice advocates are denouncing the Biden administration over its plans to turn a private prison in Pennsylvania into a for-profit Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail. The facility could detain over 1,800 people and will be run by the GEO Group, one of the country’s largest private prison companies.

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