IMMIGRATION/PRISONS: “When John Chavez peers through chain link and razor wire into the vast tent city that once housed one of the nation’s most notorious prisons for immigrants, he does not see a failed experiment.
Two years ago, inmates set fire to the sprawling complex in protest of poor medical conditions, slashing holes in their tents and forcing the government to shut it down. Yet many people in this struggling south Texas county— like Chavez, who once worked as a security guard at the privately run prison — have high hopes the abandoned detention center will reopen.”
– Jenny Jarvie, “This industry stands to benefit from Trump’s crackdown on the border,” The Los Angeles Times online, Feb. 14, 2017