The private prison operator slated to run an immigration detention center in Marana has applied for a business license with the town, moving toward clearing one of the final bureaucratic roadblocks before the center could become operational. Management & Training Corporation, or MTC, signed a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September to […]
Author Archives: Yana Kunichoff
Yana Kunichoff is a reporter, documentary producer and Report For America corps member based in Tucson. She covers community resilience in Southern Arizona. Previously, she covered education for The Arizona Republic and Chalkbeat Chicago, worked as a special projects editor for Migratory Notes newsletter, produced a feature-length documentary on the experience of elderly prisoners in Illinois jails and oversaw a team of reporters as an editor at The Moscow Times. Her investigation into the Chicago police union’s misinformation about fatal police shootings won a 2016 Sidney Hillman award. In her free time, you can find Yana climbing rocks and reading books, all preferably outside.
Contact: ykunichoff@azluminaria.org
