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Pinal County jail tour shows ins and outs of 287g program

Posted at 7:44 PM, Aug 08, 2017
and last updated 2017-08-09 14:03:42-04

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office has teamed up with ICE to enforce federal immigration laws, and they're giving us an inside look at how the 287g program works at their facility.

"Drugs, money laundering, human trafficking, and that's where we work with ICE to make sure we're not releasing those people back into our communities," Sheriff Mark Lamb described.

The agencies on Tuesday opened up the doors of their facility to help show how their partnership is working.

Watch the video in the player above for a tour.