What are REITs—and what do they have to do with immigration jails?

The rapid growth of immigration jails across the U.S. is an unfolding horror story—one financed by more ordinary Americans than many would care to imagine, often without their knowledge. On February 27, Chicago Reader news editor Shawn Mulcahy reported on one such prospective detention facility, Big Horn Correctional Facility in Hudson, Colorado. The 1,200-bed prison […] The post What are REITs—and what do they have to do with immigration jails? appeared first on Chicago Reader.