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- Aug 31, 2026
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Ella Siegrist | The Conversation (opens the original)
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Ella Siegrist | The Conversation Person Page Immigration Immigration enforcement is supplying a long‑standing economic market for prisoners Ella Siegrist | The Conversation Federal immigration detention in local facilities hearkens back to earlier eras of expanding American incarceration. As a sociologist of law and punishment, I’ve explored how rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap into federal funds during times of economic precarity.
Immigration enforcement is supplying a long‑standing economic market for prisoners (opens the original)
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This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Ella Siegrist is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. In January 2026, during Operation Country Roads, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and state and local law enforcement detained roughly 600 immigrants across West Virginia. Many of those arrested were held in the state’s already overpopulated jail system, which until th
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