In #books: Detention was sold as both a law-and-order necessity and an economic opportunity, welding together the racist politics of the drug war with the rise of private prisons. Communities hollowed out by deindustrialization welcomed detention centers as employers of last resort. https://www.texasobserver.org/excerpt-how-to-close-a-camp/
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