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Death by Detention

Number 23999
Subject Immigrants
Source New York Times
State NY
Year 2008
Publication Date 05/05/2008; 08/13/2008; 12/27/2008
Summary Boubacar Bah slipped into a coma at an immigration jail in New Jersey after hitting his head while in custody and then shackled in a disciplinary cell for 13 hours.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 28
Keywords Central Falls; Rhode Island; customs enforcement; skull fracture; comatose;
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