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ACLU Demands Closure of For-Profit ICE Jail After Asylum Seeker Dies by Suicide

HeadlineSep 26, 2022

The American Civil Liberties Union is urging the Biden administration to close the privately run Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico, where about 160 immigrants are being held in what the ACLU calls atrocious conditions. A 23-year-old asylum seeker from Brazil died by suicide at Torrance last month. The detention center is run by the company CoreCivic, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America.

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