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Coalition of Human Rights, Criminal Justice Organizations Announces Opposition to Obama Nominee With Extensive Ties to Private Prisons to Head U.S. Marshals Servic

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Coalition of Human Rights, Criminal Justice Organizations Announces Opposition to Obama Nominee November 9, 2010 ? Private Corrections Working Group & Prison Legal News Washington, DC ? A coalition of human rights and criminal justice organizations today announced their opposition to President Obama?s nomination of Stacia A. Hylton to head the U.S. Marshals Service. Hylton, a former Marshal and Acting Deputy Director of the U.S. Marshals Service with a lengthy career in law enforcement, was employed from June 2004 to February 2010 as the Federal Detention Trustee, where she oversaw the detention of federal prisoners awaiting trial or immigration proceedings. Following her retirement she was nominated by President Obama on September 20, 2010 to direct the U...continue to full post

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