"I go to my bed with tears, disappointment and frustration." After a harrowing journey to reach the US and seek asylum, Salat Suraw Abdi has now been detained for over 28 months.

From racism to spoiled food: what life's like at the West Texas Detention Facility

"This is all too much to handle. I get headaches, heartaches and a lot of anxiety."

"I was shot in the stomach and left for dead by gang members..."

"Después de lo sucedido estaba destrozado por dentro. Unas personas pierden una mano o un pie pero yo perdí mi dignidad, mi vida, mi hombría."

"After what happened, I was destroyed inside. Some people lose a hand or a foot but I lost my dignity, my life, my masculinity."

"He was part of the family, and he’s been ripped away for no good reason. And the outlook is grim.”

The treatment for a bullet wound at Freeborn County Jail? Tylenol.

"Here we are not humans — we are objects of value that generate money for them."