Category: Detention
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This article, by the Vera Institute of Justice, shares information about the expansion of federal Immigrant Detention in the US – both the number of facilities and the number of immigrants. This includes: 17 facilities hold over 1000 detainees/day During 2025, ICE has detained people in 605 different facilities Local jails are holding ICE detainees…
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This report, The Truth Behind these Walls, outlines the deficiencies (Medical, Food, Guard Behavior, Living Conditions) that are present in the Aurora Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado.
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This article explains why ICE is detaining a 13 year-old boy (whose family in Massachusetts has a pending asylum case) in Virginia’s Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Winchester.
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Here you can listen to an hour-long discussion with Austin Kocher (Syracuse University) about the new book, “Immigration Detention, Inc” by Nancy Heimstra (Stonybrook University) and Deirdre Conlon (University of Leeds).
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The National Immigration Law Center has provided this explainer of the anti-immigrant policies in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill. These changes include: Detention and Enforcement resources and changes Fees and penalties Health and Nutrition Changes Taxes
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This article, Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations, describes lay-offs of key administrators in ICE no longer ensuring legal standards in detention centers.
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A recent report from Harvard University and Physicians for Human Rights states that immigrant detainees who are in solitary confinement for more than 15 days is considered torture. See the U.S. map with numbers in solitary confinement for the past year.
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The American Immigration Council posted a summary of a new BIA (Board of Immigration Appeals) decision which requires people who crossed the border unlawfuly to be subject to mandatory detention and ineligible or bond release. Read their explanation here.
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The FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests and litigation from the Deportation Data Project has provided more publicly available government data. There is now an Immigration Enforcement Dashboard which can provides a searchable database for arrests. Soon, the dashboard functionality will expand to include detainers, detention, encounters, and removals (deportations).
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According to ICE/DHS data and reported by TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) there are currently 181,000 people wearing Alternatives to Detention Monitors including SmartLINK (smart phone monitoring), Ankle Monitors, and Wrist Monitors. Alternatives to Detention (ATD) is used by ICE to monitor people who have been released from detention while they wait for their court…
