Immigration Detainees Seek Prison-Rape Protection

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News Article

Publication Date

12-13-2011

Abstract

Human rights advocates are calling on the Obama administration to do more to protect people in immigration detention centers from sexual assault. A new federal rule that will take effect next year covers inmates in jails and prisons, but some Homeland Security officials want an exemption for facilities that house illegal immigrants.

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NPR's All Things Considered

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