Advocates Say Butler County Jail Locked Down Detainees During Protests; Sheriff’s Office Disputes Claim
Organizers of anti-ICE protests outside the Butler County Jail in Hamilton say they stopped holding demonstrations there in July after detainees, their family members and lawyers told them jail officials were placing the inmates in lockdown during the protests.
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