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University of Arizona Releases Report on Women Immigration Prisoners

Loaded on July 15, 2009 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News July, 2009, page 22
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Commentary/Reviews, Reviews, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Food, Exercise, Education, Immigration, Mothers in Prison. Location: Arizona.
by Matt Clarke

In January 2009, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SWIRW) and the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program of the University of Arizona published a report on women held in Arizona immigration prisons. It dealt with three locations: Central Arizona Detention Center (CADC) and Pinal County ...

 

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