How Patrick won his freedom after three years in immigration detention Patrick is a green card holder and has lived in the U.S. for 17 years. Born in Jamaica, he has five U.S citizen children. The youngest three are seven, ten and twelve years old. In January 2013,
After Carlos was released, he began working with community groups to advocate for people in detention. This is his poem and his story Carlos Hidalgo used the pseudonym “Libertad” or “Liberty” to communicate with the outside world while in detention Carlos Hidalgo was separated from his family and twice detained
Alexandra is a journalist, poet, and musician who was detained for 444 days at the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona Aleksandra Gologuzova (Pen name/nickname Alexandra La Golosa) *Alexandra writes:* “I started to write in immigration detention because I did not have many things to do, and I needed to
Kamal, an artist from Morocco, spent three years in immigration detention Drawn by Kamal Hachem from Morocco at the Theo Lacy Detention Facility in Orange, California. 6/26/16. He was released from detention after three years in December of 2016. Kamal says, “When I am drawing, I am not
A Letter from Women held at the Adelanto Detention Facility, 8/26/16
#ShutDownAdelanto demonstration at Adelanto Detention Facility, August 20, 2016. Photo credit: Paula Kahn. #### Immigration detention has a long history in the United States, dating back to the late 1800s, but the practice of systematically detaining asylum seekers as prisoners has only resurfaced recently. “I want to tell you some things
