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The U.S. has the largest immigration detention system in the world.
On any given day, tens of thousands of children and adults are detained in immigrant jails and prisons across the U.S. They are denied access to a court-appointed attorney, a free phone call, or a speedy trial. Many of them are subjected to medical neglect, sexual and physical assault, and other human rights abuses. Roughly 80 percent of adults in immigration detention are held private prisons, and the rest are locked up in county and city jails, all of which profit off their inhumane incarceration. The U.S. government and the private prison industry have been exporting immigration detention to governments across the globe. This is unacceptable.
This is why we are fighting for Freedom for Immigrants.
And you can, too.
WHO WE ARE
OUR IMPACT
Through our National Immigration Detention Hotline and other initiatives, we are building power together and across borders to end immigration detention.
OUR VISION
We are dedicated to abolishing immigration detention worldwide, while ending the isolation of people currently suffering in this profit-driven system.
INTERACTIVE DETENTION MAP
Our detention map keeps track of the more than 200 detention facilities in the U.S., ICE contracts, bond statistics, the programs in our visitation network, and more.
FEATURED INVESTIGATIONS
We monitor and document patterns of systemic oppression in immigration detention facilities.
Read more about our other independent monitoring and investigations.
STORYTELLING PROJECTS
Our award-winning storytelling projects give people in immigration detention and their allies an opportunity to be heard and tell impactful stories beyond walls and borders. Check out all of our storytelling projects.
ImmPRINT
Every immigrant has a voice.
This is our platform.