Analysis

The history of abuse and negligence inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention is long and well-documented. A growing consensus has emerged among advocates that the system is irreparable, unnecessary, cruel, and racist by design. The only solution is to abolish it. As we work together to achieve a future without immigration detention, Detention Watch Network believes that efforts to end detention must be rooted in abolitionist values to ensure that we do not inadvertently replicate or create new harmful systems. To that end, we created this document to help guide our work.