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- Why was a wounded detainee suddenly transferred all the way to Taft?
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📰 News we're reading
• Man shot by ICE moved to jails hundreds of miles apart over 3 days (stocktonia.org) — A man shot by federal agents has now been moved to a jail in Taft, Kern County, after being shuffled through multiple facilities across California in just a few days. His attorney and family say the long-distance transfers are making it harder to attend Sacramento court hearings and to monitor his medical recovery from multiple gunshot wounds. 
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