A stand worth taking: The campaign against private prisons
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by 1 Comment Antonio Serrano, one of the organizers behind the WyoSayNo campaign against opening a private ICE jail in Evanston, describes the impetus for the fight.
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Second company abandons Evanston immigration jail project
The CoreCivic decision casts doubt on the future of the plan to build an immigration detention center that has divided the community for almost three years.
Two who couldn’t get COVID-19 test: a study in rationing
The women had all the symptoms, underlying health issues and proximity to vulnerable populations, but found themselves shut out of the COVID-19 testing program. That’s changing, the Department of Health says.
Evanston meets its would-be economic savior, CoreCivic
Private prison giant presented design for Uinta County immigration jail, touted income potential and fielded challenges at a charged public meeting.
ICE jail: Gov backs local control, locals criticize commission
Uinta County residents confronted their county commissioners over the ICE detention facility proposed for outside Evanston last week, on the same day that Gov. Mark Gordon said the controversial plan is local officials’ call.
In Evanston on Oct. 15, county …