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Seven things to know about uprising at Texas private prison for immigrants

By Grassroots Leadership
February 23, 2015 - This weekend, a private prison incarcerating immigrant prisoners in Willacy County, Texas erupted into a major uprising. Incarcerated immigrants and advocates have for years been warning that these prisons are tinderboxes of horrendous conditions waiting to explode.

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