Detainees risk retaliation to get out messages about what they’re experiencing, including inadequate medical care, prolonged isolation, poor nutrition, and limited communication
Advocates say the lack of data hampers efforts to ensure people’s safety as the Trump administration ramps up immigration detentions
As the Trump administration revives mass detention and deportation, community bond funds like Envision Freedom are freeing people, reuniting families, and building a new vision for safety rooted in care and solidarity
There is a human toll for Atlanta-based activists organizing against Cop City and the very forces that seek to stamp them out
The federal government gives private prison companies millions to torture immigrants and snuff out the abolitionist movement
“The Carceral Carousel” details how jails, prisons, and detention centers rarely shutter, but rather pivot to hold a different population
The Washington state immigration prison has a history of using retaliatory tactics and solitary confinement to punish detainees that strike for better living conditions
In Homestead, Florida, an agricultural town just 25 miles south of Miami, organizers are anxiously awaiting news from the Biden administration about whether or not a nearby detention center for migrant teenagers will reopen. As many as 3,728 youth between the ages of 13-17 were incarcerated in the privately
The facility has a history of human rights violations that compromise the safety, health, and rights of detained people
The black site is the final stop for ICE detainees before they are forcibly transferred or deported.
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