Private prison won’t solve Evanston’s economic woes
Local officials are backing an “immigration detention center” as just the thing to help Evanston’s economy despite cultural values to the contrary.
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Industry backs bill criminalizing infrastructure ‘interference’
Mining, petroleum, manufacturing and railroad lobbyists testified in support of a bill imposing long prison sentences on people interfering with infrastructure
Would bill to protect energy infrastructure stifle protests?
The Wyoming Senate advanced a bill to criminalize people and fine organizations who ‘impede infrastructure.’ Critics call it a draconian attack meant to block protests like Standing Rock.
Immigration jail isn’t a prison, Mead’s spokesperson says
Construction could be OK’ed by Uinta County, Feds as opposition to 500-bed immigration jail mounts.
Wyoming justice: Tough on crime, soft on logic
More people live in Wyoming’s criminal justice system than live in the city of Jackson and yet the Legislature criminalizes more behaviors each year.
