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25 DECEMBER 2003 - PHOENIX, AZ: Bishop Thomas Olmsted, of the Roman Catholic Church's Phoenix Diocese, leads Christmas mask in the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, AZ. In 2011, the US Department of Justice issued a report highly critical of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department and the jails. The DOJ said the Sheriff's Dept. engages in widespread discrimination against Latinos during traffic stops and immigration enforcement, violates the rights of Spanish speaking prisoners in the jails and retaliates against the Sheriff's political opponents. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
