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 July 26, 2019

How a group plans to transform detention center into space for asylum seekers

Catholic Community Services will offer services out of a portion of the county's Juvenile Justice Complex.

With Pima County and Catholic Community Services teaming up to shelter asylum seekers at the county's Juvenile Justice Complex, Arizona 360 learned more about how they plan to transform empty wings of the detention center into a space suitable for migrant families in transit through Tucson. Chief Deputy Administrator Jan Lesher discussed the county's position with Lorraine Rivera.

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