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Unbuild Walls Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
Drawing from over twenty years of activism on local and national levels, this striking book offers an organizer’s perspective on the intersections of immigrant rights, racial justice, and prison abolition.
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Over 70 Organizations Across 20 States Demand Biden Shut Down the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey, Reverse Decision Undermining State’s Anti-Detention Law
United States - Advocates are demanding the Biden Administration take action to shut down the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey after the administration filed…
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DWN Statement in Solidarity with the Stop Cop City Movement
*En español más abajo* Detention Watch Network offers this statement in solidarity with the Stop Cop City movement. As a coalition, we seek to abolish…
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Biden Administration Sides With Private Prison Company CoreCivic to Keep Immigrant Detention in New Jersey
New Jersey, USA - This week, the Biden administration is expected to file an amicus brief joining private prison company CoreCivic in its attempt to…
Report
Anthology of Abuse: 13 Years at Farmville Detention Center
This report outlines extensive documentation of abuses that have occurred at ICA-Farmville Detention Center in its 13 year history. We ask that ICE allow this contract to expire and shut down operations at ICE-Farmville for good.
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U.S. V Texas Ruling Does Not Resolve Core Issues of Biden’s Enforcement Priorities
Washington, DC — On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected a Texas and Louisiana lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement priorities. In response…
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Number of People in Immigration Detention on the Verge of Reaching 30,000
Washington, DC - The number of people in immigration detention has reached approximately 30,000, more than double the number when President Biden took office in…
Report
Anthology of Abuse: End Three Decades of Abuse at the Elizabeth Detention Center
This ‘Anthology of Abuse’ compiles decades' worth of inhumane treatment at the Elizabeth Detention Center (EDC). The joint contract to operate the EDC between private prison company CoreCivic and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expires on August 31.
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Carceral Carousel
The prison industrial complex is a highly adaptive mechanism that is constantly shifting to sustain itself. In recent years, the movement against mass incarceration has gained traction in reducing penal incarceration in the United States. In this report, we detail select case examples of jails and prisons that closed for one purpose, only to cage a different group of people. The case studies demonstrate how sustained pressure and community organizing can lead to transformative wins that can help free people and keep cages shut down for good.
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New Report Reveals Troubling Pattern: Jails and prisons close for one purpose, only to reopen for a different population
Washington, DC - A new report from Detention Watch Network and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center calls attention to a troubling pattern in the U.S…
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Key Detention & Enforcement Developments
Title 42 lifted. Title 8 processing resumed and asylum ban implemented. Enforcement operations ramped up. Anti-immigrant legislation in Congress and the states.