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Ted Lieu: These are actually jail-like facilities. They should be called family prison facilities or family detention facilities…

On the recordJune 16, 2015
These are actually jail-like facilities. They should be called family prison facilities or family detention facilities or family jail facilities but not family residential centers.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

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Criticizing the terminology used for detention facilities for families.

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