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On the recordAugust 4, 2026
It’s inhumane. It’s traumatizing, and it’s particularly grotesque because this is then being done so private prison companies can make more profit.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Criticizing the use of detainee labor for profit.

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