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Prison Companies Are Profiting Off of COVID-19: We Must Hold Them Accountable

Thousands of companies in the United States profit off people in U.S. immigration detention each year, and many of them are experiencing a windfall due to COVID-19. It’s time we hold these companies accountable.

March 26, 2020
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Journey from Cameroon: One Brave Woman's Fight for Survival

"...we were instructed to keep digging what was clearly intended to be our own graves." M's story details her horrific experiences in Cameroon before escaping to the US - where she was immediately sent to an immigration detention center.

March 25, 2020
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ICE Blatantly Ignores Coronavirus in Florida

Reporting from the ICE substation in Miramar, FL, Bud Conlin urges ICE to "Stop requiring immigrants to physically report until this danger has passed."

March 21, 2020
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"I am afraid to go back, but I need my freedom."

KA writes to us of his feelings of despair, which have reached the point where he has given up and is ready to be deported to his home country of Ghana.

March 20, 2020
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HIGHWAYS OF TEARS: Calling Evil by Its Name

In this essay, Rachel Melancon describes how "the language of atrocity" has evolved over decades to avoid triggering our collective conscience.

March 18, 2020
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After 2 Years in Detention, Achiri is Working on a "Recipe" for Success. Will You Help?

This young, recently-freed-from-detention Cameroonian man wants you to try his cooking - if he can just raise the money for his food truck.

March 16, 2020
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After Surviving Years of Domestic Abuse, and Years in Detention, Anna Finally Looks to the Future

"God bless all the women and men suffering in all corners of the world and I hope that my story will give hope and joy to those that need that in their lives."

March 13, 2020
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SPOTLIGHT: An Adelanto Visitation Volunteer Counsels Patience, Tenacity and Solicitude

“I’d say everyone is experiencing some level of depression and desperation."

March 11, 2020
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The Deadly Journey to Detention in America

"Out of the six people we have in our care right now, two of them told me stories of an Indian man being shot in front of them."F

March 09, 2020
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