Advocates protest government's funding of private immigration jails

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Friday, September 20, 2019
Advocates protest government's funding of private immigration jails
A coalition of immigrant advocates and organizations put on a powerful display to protest the government's funding of private immigrant jails.

A coalition of immigrant advocates and organizations put on a powerful display to protest the government's funding of private immigrant jails.



The Los Angeles Raids Rapid Response Network staged the protest in front of the GEO Group headquarters, a private jail operator.



The event was referred to as a "die-in," where people who were laying on the ground represented the dead, while a rabbi gave a eulogy for people who have died at private jails.



The group encouraged people to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign AB32 which bans for-profit prisons in California.

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