detainee
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Together, the agencies paid on average about $260 for off-site care per detainee from January to October 2025, a Times analysis found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"This is not the first death of a detainee at Delaney Hall, and absent decisive action, it will not be the last," he said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
That detainee, the judge noted, citing what she called the government’s persistent “sloppiness,” would have been 4 years old.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The properties largely weren’t zoned for detention and didn’t have working plumbing to support large detainee populations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The detainee who is wise enough to realize this will never find any cause for complaint, but only all conceivable help, to erase the memory of what he had been accused of.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
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