A report detailing abuses that illegal immigrants suffered while in federal custody has prompted advocates to renew their calls for President Joe Biden to follow through on his promise to end privately operated United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers.
As the immigration detention system flourished since the 1980s, it led to the creation of the private prison industry. The last episode of WLRN's podcast Detention By Design looks at the inextricable links between the two, and how, in turn, the picture has gone full circle in 2022, leaving us in a place very similar to the early days of Haitian and Cuban arrivals in Florida.
It's now official: Rep. Val Demings won the Florida Democratic primary on Tuesday night to challenge Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican, come the fast-approaching November midterm elections. The race was