Hundreds of children are currently incarcerated at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, TX, and the stories leaking out to the public about the conditions inside are shocking. We speak with Stephanie Koithan, journalist and Digital Content Editor of the San Antonio Current.

Additional links/info:

Stephanie Koithan, San Antonio Current, “Two-month-old baby ‘choking on his own vomit’ while detained in Dilley”
Stephanie Koithan, San Antonio Current, “Staff at Dilley raiding cells to confiscate kids’ letters and drawings detailing conditions inside”
Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, “The children of Dilley”
Austin Kocher, Substack, “Dilley Family Detention Center triples in size amid growing controversy over conditions”

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Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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