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Phoenix to Close Scorching Outdoor Jail Known as “Tent City”

HeadlineApr 05, 2017

In Phoenix, Arizona, Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone has announced he’ll be closing the infamous Tent City—a scorching outdoor city jail, which longtime former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio once referred to as his own “concentration camp.” Arpaio was voted out of office in November, after a massive grassroots effort by immigrant rights activists. In response to the announcement of the closing of Tent City, Carlos García, director of the group Puente Arizona, said, “We applaud Sheriff Penzone making the decision to close Arpaio’s tent city. The next step in removing Arpaio’s stain from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is to remove federal deportation agents from its main jail.”

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