The law was meant to enhance state oversight over the ICE Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, which is owned and operated by a private company.
TACOMA, Wash. — Editor’s note: The above video originally aired Feb. 9.
A judge has ruled much of a Washington state law setting regulations for private for-profit prisons unconstitutional in a fight over conditions inside a federal detention center in Tacoma.
A preliminary injunction was granted Friday in a lawsuit filed over a Washington state law that imposed rules and regulations for detention centers. The law was meant to enhance state oversight over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)
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