Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.

The owners of England Airpark in Alexandria, Louisiana, have signed an agreement with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to open a 528-bed child and family detention centre on its grounds, designed to provide short-term accommodation for rapid deportations. However, families are increasingly detained for longer under the Trump administration – sometimes for several months to over a year – meaning the centre will likely be ill-equipped to house its vulnerable occupants for the duration of their stay. It's already a human rights violation to detain children for immigration purposes, but this centre also poses a serious threat to their health. A former military air base, the site is heavily contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), with groundwater concentrations 575,000 times higher than the federal limit for drinking water. Any child housed at this centre will therefore be exposed to toxic chemicals linked to developmental problems, behavioural issues, and painful, life-long conditions like inflammatory bowel disease. Adding to the danger, future operator LaSalle Corrections has a long history of violently abusing those held at their facilities. Guards at other sites have deliberately deprived detainees of power and water, pepper-sprayed entire dorms, and meted out deadly beatings...

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