Amy Goodman
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No Kids Behind Bars: For-Profit Texas Immigration Jails Challenged over Child Detention
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November 6, 2015
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3:38Now PlayingTwo of the most controversial detention centers nationwide opened last year in the Texas towns of Dilley and Karnes. They are run by private prison companies, and together they can hold more than 2,500 women and children. Last week a Texas judge temporarily halted the state’s efforts to license their family detention centers as child care facilities, putting their future in jeopardy. For more, we are joined by Bob Libal, executive director of Grassroots Leadership, which filed the lawsuit prompting the stay in Texas.
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