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August 8, 2018

Puerto Rico Proposes Transporting 3,200 Inmates to Prisons on U.S. Mainland
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Puerto Rico is planning to transport 3,200 prisoners to private prisons
on the U.S. mainland, thousands of miles away from their families on the
island. The proposal is part of a slew of austerity measures being
pushed by Puerto Rico's unelected fiscal control board in the wake of
Hurricane Maria. Officials say the plan will save Puerto Rico $400
million over four years. But prisoners are opposed to the plan, saying
it will make it next to impossible for them to receive visits from their
family members.


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