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Detention Nation: Locked In, Shut Out, Forgotten

Part II: Inside Florida’s ICE facilities, where overcrowding, neglect, and death are routine

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Marie Riverton
Apr 06, 2025
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Part II of our ongoing series on the machinery of mass detention in America

I’ve lived most of my life in rural America. I’ve driven past chain-link fences and nondescript buildings without a second thought. It wasn’t until the headlines from Florida started piling up—about overcrowding, deaths, and ICE abuse—that I realized: this isn’t happening far awa…

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