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New Jersey Deportees Freed After Being Subject To 'Inhumane Conditions' In Haitian Prison New Jersey Deportees Freed After Being Subject To 'Inhumane Conditions' In Haitian Prison
New Jersey Deportees Freed After Being Subject To 'Inhumane Conditions' In Haitian Prison A pair of New Jersey men being held in a Haitian prison in deplorable and frightening conditions have been released, NorthJersey.com reports. Elizabeth residents Billy Balisage, 42, and Patrick Julney, 38, were among 30 deportees released seemingly at random on Monday, Oct. 24, the outlet said. Both had been deported by US officials for non-citizens who had committed crimes, for Balsiage that was a drug conviction and for Julney those were drug and robbery convictions, the outlet said.  Deportation should not be a death sentence. Despite the United States’ clear recognition of the enorm…

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