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On the recordJuly 17, 2019
Outbreaks of scabies, shingles, and chickenpox were spreading among the hundreds of children and adults who were being held in cramped cells.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Sarbanes highlights the dire conditions in detention facilities as reported by The New York Times.

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