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79 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detainees Were Held In Small Metal Cages: Report
Photographs included in the report show a cage that looks only slightly larger than a telephone booth sitting on what is either grass or turf and surrounded by chain-link fencing topped with concertina wire.
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"Alligator Alcatraz Fulfilled Role": US Immigration Detention Centre Shuts
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, appearing at the remote Everglades site with White House border czar Tom Homan, said the facility no longer held any detainees and had fulfilled the emergency role it was built to serve.
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Protesters, Cops Clash At US Detention Center Housing 5-Year-Old Child
Texas state police officers on Wednesday used tear gas to disperse a demonstration outside a US immigration detention facility where protesters demanded the release of a 5-year-old Ecuadoran boy.
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Video: The Phuket Detention Centre Where Luthra Brothers Are Being Held
The Luthra brothers are being held at an immigration centre in Phuket, where individuals found violating immigration laws are usually kept pending a trial.
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Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': Color-Coded Uniforms, 5.30 Am Breakfast, Strict Rules
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they're considered a flight.
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US Plans To Build Largest Migrant Detention Center On Military Base
President Donald Trump's administration is aiming to construct the largest federal migrant detention facility in the United States on a military base in Texas, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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China Builds Over 200 New Prisons As Xi Jinping Ups Anti-Corruption Drive
China has built or expanded over 200 specialised detention facilities across the country to support President Xi Jinping's widening anti-corruption campaign, reports CNN.
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Supreme Court's Rap For "Sorry State" Of Foreigners Detention Centre In Assam
The Supreme Court on Friday flagged the "sorry state" of a detention centre in Assam that house individuals whose citizenship is unclear and foreigners waiting to be deported.
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Despite Loss Worth Millions, Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Open
Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could have saved $235 million, a draft U.S.
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Baby Dies At Refugee Detention Centre, Parents Attend Burial In Handcuffs In J&K
A Rohingya couple was brought in handcuffs for the last rites of their child who died in a refugee detention centre near Jammu. A video of the handcuffed parents at the burial site has been widely shared on social media.
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Foreigners' Transit Camp In Assam Receives First Batch Of 68 Detainees
The first batch of 68 people declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunal was moved to the newly built Assam's biggest detention centre, officially known as Transit Camp in Goalpara district.
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Assam Renames "Foreigner" Detention Centres As Transit Camps
The Assam government has renamed detention centres for foreigners to transit camps to humanise them. A 12-year-old notification was modified to rename the six detention centres in the state.
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Assam Jail Premises Cannot Serve As "Permanent" Detention Centres: High Court
Premises of jails in Assam cannot be used as "permanent" detention centres for housing illegal foreigners, the Gauhati High Court said Wednesday, directing the state government to look for a seperate accomodation for the purpose.
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Hundreds Evacuated Over Fire In Moscow Women's Jail: Russian Media
Hundreds were evacuated after a fire broke out Monday at a pre-trial detention centre for women in Moscow, Russian news agencies reported.
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26 Died In Assam Detention Centres In Last 3 Years, Says Minister
Minister of State for Home Affair Nityanand Rai said that 26 detainees have died in detention centres, due to illness, during the last three years in Assam.
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79 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detainees Were Held In Small Metal Cages: Report
Photographs included in the report show a cage that looks only slightly larger than a telephone booth sitting on what is either grass or turf and surrounded by chain-link fencing topped with concertina wire.
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"Alligator Alcatraz Fulfilled Role": US Immigration Detention Centre Shuts
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, appearing at the remote Everglades site with White House border czar Tom Homan, said the facility no longer held any detainees and had fulfilled the emergency role it was built to serve.
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Protesters, Cops Clash At US Detention Center Housing 5-Year-Old Child
Texas state police officers on Wednesday used tear gas to disperse a demonstration outside a US immigration detention facility where protesters demanded the release of a 5-year-old Ecuadoran boy.
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Video: The Phuket Detention Centre Where Luthra Brothers Are Being Held
The Luthra brothers are being held at an immigration centre in Phuket, where individuals found violating immigration laws are usually kept pending a trial.
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Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': Color-Coded Uniforms, 5.30 Am Breakfast, Strict Rules
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they're considered a flight.
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US Plans To Build Largest Migrant Detention Center On Military Base
President Donald Trump's administration is aiming to construct the largest federal migrant detention facility in the United States on a military base in Texas, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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China Builds Over 200 New Prisons As Xi Jinping Ups Anti-Corruption Drive
China has built or expanded over 200 specialised detention facilities across the country to support President Xi Jinping's widening anti-corruption campaign, reports CNN.
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Supreme Court's Rap For "Sorry State" Of Foreigners Detention Centre In Assam
The Supreme Court on Friday flagged the "sorry state" of a detention centre in Assam that house individuals whose citizenship is unclear and foreigners waiting to be deported.
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Despite Loss Worth Millions, Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Open
Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could have saved $235 million, a draft U.S.
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Baby Dies At Refugee Detention Centre, Parents Attend Burial In Handcuffs In J&K
A Rohingya couple was brought in handcuffs for the last rites of their child who died in a refugee detention centre near Jammu. A video of the handcuffed parents at the burial site has been widely shared on social media.
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Foreigners' Transit Camp In Assam Receives First Batch Of 68 Detainees
The first batch of 68 people declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunal was moved to the newly built Assam's biggest detention centre, officially known as Transit Camp in Goalpara district.
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Assam Renames "Foreigner" Detention Centres As Transit Camps
The Assam government has renamed detention centres for foreigners to transit camps to humanise them. A 12-year-old notification was modified to rename the six detention centres in the state.
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Assam Jail Premises Cannot Serve As "Permanent" Detention Centres: High Court
Premises of jails in Assam cannot be used as "permanent" detention centres for housing illegal foreigners, the Gauhati High Court said Wednesday, directing the state government to look for a seperate accomodation for the purpose.
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Hundreds Evacuated Over Fire In Moscow Women's Jail: Russian Media
Hundreds were evacuated after a fire broke out Monday at a pre-trial detention centre for women in Moscow, Russian news agencies reported.
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26 Died In Assam Detention Centres In Last 3 Years, Says Minister
Minister of State for Home Affair Nityanand Rai said that 26 detainees have died in detention centres, due to illness, during the last three years in Assam.
