Interview | Immigration Reforms Have Failed to Prevent Sexual Abuse in ICE Jails, Report Reveals Reporting by Futuro Investigates and Latino USA found officials are not properly addressing detainees' complaints. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 21, 2023 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace Refugees of Color Fleeing Ukraine Held in Migrant Jails in Poland and Estonia Some African students have been locked in "long-term detention centers" upon escaping Ukraine. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 28, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Fight to Close Guantánamo Urgent as Biden Plans New Migrant Jail at Base The Biden administration is advertising for a new contract to operate a migrant detention facility at Guantánamo. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! October 1, 2021 Truthout
News | Immigration “Caught in Hell”: Complaint Shows Horrors Inflicted on African Asylum Seekers Anti-Blackness, racism and a culture of white supremacy are the beating heart of the immigrant detention machine. By Frances Madeson , Truthout August 4, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Activists Call for Health Measures to Prevent Coronavirus at Immigrant Jails The Trump administration’s immigration policies may put detainees at particular risk. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! March 10, 2020 Truthout
News | Immigration The Trump Administration Just Opened a New Immigrant Prison in Rural Michigan But a statewide coalition of activists aims to shut it down. By Brian Dolinar , InTheseTimes January 22, 2020 Truthout
News | Immigration US Border Officials Deny Request to Give Free Flu Vaccine to Detained Migrants The refusal was the latest example of what critics call the "intentional cruelty" of Trump's immigration policies. By Eoin Higgins , CommonDreams December 10, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights UN Report Finds Over 7 Million Children Worldwide Are Being Held in Detention At least 410,000 of those children are detained in jails and prisons, where violence is endemic. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! December 4, 2019 Truthout
News | Immigration The US Border Security Industry Could Be Worth $740 Billion by 2023 Much of the funding is plowed into public-private contract deals with large firms. By Michelle Chen , Truthout October 6, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing California Moves to Ban For-Profit Prisons, Including Immigrant Jails The legislation follows the death of a migrant in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! October 3, 2019 Truthout