The private contractor that ran the commissary where Aida bought food, stamps needed to send pictures to Gabriel, earbuds for the television, a single mug for coffee with Tomasita, and phone cards to call home made a fortune off captive consumers. As did the telecom contractor that connected detainees’ calls home. And before either of those companies could charge their inflated prices, Aida had to receive money transfers into her prison account at a dear cost via Western Union. If Aida’s almost year in Eloy accomplished anything for the United States, it was to make a lot of money for
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