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Tag Archives: Willacy County

Willacy County Detention Center

by Melissa del Bosque

How a South Texas County Bet on Immigrant Incarceration and Got Burned

Despite a $100 million debt, a lawsuit and a torched prison, Willacy County officials hope Trump's expected immigration raids will be good for business.

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Tue, Jan 31, 2017 |

Despite a $100 million debt, a lawsuit and a torched prison, Willacy County officials hope Trump's expected immigration raids will be good for business....Read More

Prisoner uprising Willacy County Correctional Center

by Daniel Blue Tyx

Goodbye to Tent City

After a riot destroys a for-profit prison, Willacy County ponders its economic future.

Thu, Mar 26, 2015 |

As Willacy County faces a gaping hole in its budget, $128 million in debt still owed on Tent City, and the loss of its largest employer, I’d come to find out ...Read More

Willacy County Detention Center

by Forrest Wilder and Priscila Mosqueda

Immigrants in Federal Prisons ‘Subjected to Shocking Abuse and Mistreatment’

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Mon, Jun 9, 2014 |

An ACLU report released Monday claims that Bureau of Prisons policies discriminate against non-citizen inmates and that prisoners are "subjected to shocking abu...Read More

Immigrant female detainees inside their holding cell of the Willacy County Immigration Detention Center in Raymondville.

by Forrest Wilder

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses—We Have Private Prisons to Fill

The profits and losses of criminalizing immigrants.

Wed, May 1, 2013 |

Since 2005, immigration has been criminalized as never before....Read More

Jailbait

Prison companies profit as Raymondville's public debt grows

by Forrest Wilder

1 Comment | Fri, Oct 20, 2006

Goddamn!” How else could Simon Salinas, Willacy County judge for 12 years, react to the promise that his county’s meager and battered budget could m...Read More

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