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Residents press Winchester to end juvenile-detention contract with ICE, cite contract language and petition
Summary
More than a dozen public commenters delivered a petition and cited contract language they say shows Winchester is the legal contractor with ICE and can terminate the juvenile-detention agreement with 90 days' notice; council did not act on the contract during the meeting.
Scores of residents used the Jan. 13 public comment period to demand Winchester end its juvenile-detention contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to disclose contract details to the public.
Cleo Strobakis delivered a petition with more than 1,200 signatures and said she would submit highlighted sections of the contract for the public record. Rosemarie Dojak read portions of the agreement on the council chamber's podium and identified the contract number (70CDCR21DIG000008), said the…
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