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Oregon Discontinues Failed Prisoner Deportation Program
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2012, page 22
Oregon’s expedited deportation program, touted as saving $2.1 million by transferring about 200 illegal immigrant prisoners to federal custody for early deportation, came up $1.9 million short, causing state officials to kill the program.According to the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), 1,289 prisoners, or about 9.2% of the state’s ...
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