American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons
by Mark Dow
Published: 2004
An exhaustive nationwide account of the US immigrant detention system, including detention conditions and accounts of abuse, bureaucracy and secrecy, and power dynamics and forces for change. Dow’s detailed investigations mixed with personal stories told by detainees make clear how corrupt and abusive the system truly is. One of the very best books to learn about detention, but read it slowly; it’s a lot to take in.
