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February 2, 2016

DHS to Revoke License of Berks Family Detention Center in PA
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The Department of Human Services has announced it will revoke the
license of the Berks Family Detention Center in Pennsylvania. This comes
after a lengthy campaign by a coalition of grassroots organizations to
shut down the controversial family detention center, which has housed
thousands of parents and children seeking U.S. asylum. Berks is one of
only three family detention centers in the United States. To see our
recent report on the Berks Family Detention Center from Democracy Now!
criminal justice correspondent Renée Feltz, go to democracynow.org.


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