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ProPublica
August 27, 2026

A large, modern multistory jail facility illuminated by warm evening sunlight behind a fenced parking lot. The Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, Florida, where ProPublica found immigrants were rebooked at much higher rates than at similar facilities ac
By Mario Ariza, Hannah Beckler, and Libby Seline; graphics by Chris Alcantara


To count the number of rebooked detainees without criminal charges or convictions, ProPublica used ICE detention data released by the federal government under the Freedom of Information Act. Versions of this dataset were originally released to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse and The New York Times.


Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
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