No government body is charged with accounting for deaths in immigration detention, a patchwork of county jails, privately run prisons and federal facilities where more than 27,500 people who are not American citizens are held on any given day while the government decides whether to deport them. Getting details about those who die in custody is a difficult undertaking left to family members, advocacy groups and lawyers. (New York Times, Tuesday)
Not in good hands.
FEE Timely Classic
Law and Justice by Hans F. Sennholz