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Families Protest Private Texas “Shadow Prisons” for Released Sex Offenders
Loaded on Feb. 2, 2023
by Jo Ellen Nott
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement,
Civil Commitment.
Location:
Texas.
by Jo Ellen Nott
On April 9, 2022, family members and friends of men held at the Civil Commitment Facility (CCF) in Littlefield, Texas, protested the injustices which occur within the razor-wire fences of the former prison. Decrying the state’s “failed sex offender treatment program,” the protestors called …
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