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Using the Menu Bar
Each category of data (Detention Centers, ICE offices, Immigration Courts, Community Organizations) is represented by a different color icon on the map. By clicking on or off the different categories in the menu bar, you can view different sites on the map.
Click on the menu’s icon in the top right corner to hide or show the menu.
Zoom & Click
Basically, to find a site, use the arrows and zoom function on the left side of the map to move around the map and zoom in to the region you are interested in. You can also double click the mouse anywhere on the map to zoom in to that spot directly. Hold the shift button down and click the left mouse button to create a box around an area to zoom in to.
Clicking on an icon will make a square bubble pop up with the name, address, and telephone number of that site. Click on the name inside the bubble and a new web page with more detailed information about that site will emerge.
Using the Search Function
If you know the name of the detention center you are looking for, type it into the search engine on the top right hand corner of the page and you will get a list of things on the website that refer to that name, the first of which should be the specific detention center page.
Troubleshooting: Why Can’t I Find What I’m Looking For?
If you are having difficulty finding a specific site, it may be because:
1. The site you are looking for is geographically so close to another site on the map that it seems to be hidden under another icon. Continue to zoom in further until the two sites appear separately. (We’ve noticed this problem occurs in Arizona, Texas, and New York given the number of sites located close together, but it may occur in other places as well). Also, click only the category in the menu of the type of site you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for a community organization, click off the other categories of sites.
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2. The site you are looking for is not on the map. This map only contains detention centers that detain immigrants in ICE custody over 72 hours. Short-term facilities are not included, so it may be that the facility you are looking for only detains immigrants for a few days.
However, the detention system is always changing as ICE contracts with more county jails and private companies. The facility may be newly built or have a new ICE contract and we do not yet know of it. In this case, please fill out this brief submission form and we will add this site to the map. You can also use this same submission form for community organizations that you know are doing detention/deportation work of some kind and are not yet on the map.
Using the Map for Education & Advocacy
The map is not only a tool to find a detention center or locate a detained immigrant. It can be a very effective tool for wider education and advocacy efforts.
By presenting the detention system data in a visual form, it is possible to begin to compare and contrast what detention is like across the country, as well as assess advocates’ critical assets and key gaps (who and where is the work being done, what tools are being used, what needs are identified). The map can help advocates identify trends in conditions issues and local practices as well as surface statistics, stories, and materials in use. With this information, advocates will be better able to see the interconnectedness of regional detention policies and be more effective in addressing changes as they happen.
Use the map as much as you can. Mention it as a resource in presentations; link to it on your website and in educational materials you distribute; and here are instructions to easily print the map. If you have suggestions of how it can be improved or better used, let us know via this feedback form.
Most importantly, connect with DWN and its members to help us all see more deeply into this hidden world. Together, we can create change in the detention and deportation system!
