News & Commentary about Privatized Immigration Detention

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Two children wear masks and hold signs that read "I want my dad free and healthy" and "I want my dad alive not dead!!" as part of a protest calling for the release of detained immigrants in front of the GEO Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado.

Apr 8, 2020

“They Don’t Care if You Die”: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19

Protesters blocking an entrance to the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility begin to move as a pickup truck approaches

Aug 16, 2019

Corrections Officer Who Struck Rhode Island Protesters with Pickup Truck Resigns

An ICE removal of undocumented immigrants

Oct 24, 2016

The Government’s Out-of-Control Detention Practices Could Bail Out the Private Prison Industry

Oct 3, 2016

Homeland Security Must Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention. Here’s How to Do It.

Aug 31, 2016

No Review Necessary: Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention

Aug 19, 2016

The Justice Department’s Call to Axe Private-Prison Contracts Is A Victory. ICE Must Now Do the Same to End Federal Prison Profiteering.

Oct 21, 2015

President Obama and Texas Are Colluding to Detain Refugee Children in Private Prisons

Mar 11, 2015

U.S. Looks Overseas for Human Rights Abuses and Ignores U.N. Report Criticizing Its Youth Detention Practices at Home

Feb 27, 2015

The ‘Family-Friendly’ Myths of Family Detention Facilities

May 28, 2014

The U.S. Government Treats Detained Immigrants Like Slaves