Prison – COHA

How US Private Prisons Profit from Immigrant Detention

May 12, 2015June 5, 2015 COHA border, Detention Center, Immigration, Prison, Prison Industry, US

By: Melanie Diaz and Timothy Keen, Research Associates at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs In February 2015, a large-scale prison

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El Salvador Honduras Human Rights

Honduras’ Deadly Prison Fire: History Repeats Itself with Tragic and Fateful Dividends

February 16, 2012February 22, 2012 COHA Central America, Comayagua, FIre, Honduras, Human Rights, Negroponte, Prison, Prison Fire, Tegucigalpa, tragedy, United Nations

When a horrific fire broke out in a Honduran prison on Tuesday night, the 350-plus inmates trapped in

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