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Native corporation runs troubled NY immigration jail

Published: November 2nd, 2009 01:10 PM
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2009 09:55 AM

Link: The New York Times A Manhattan immigration jail holding hundreds of men in allegedly filthy conditions without proper access to medical care and legal advice is being operated under a no-bid contract by a subsidiary of the Glennallen-based Alaska Native corporation Ahtna Inc. Lawyers battling for improvement in treatment and conditions for Varick Street Detention Center detainees say they have met with resistance from a warden who once said he had to put the financial interests of 1,200 Ahtna shareholders first.

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