Politics May 20 U.S. ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment By Ben Fox, Associated Press
Nation Sep 25 Watch 4:51 News Wrap: Breonna Taylor’s family demands grand jury transcripts In our news wrap Friday, Breonna Taylor’s family demanded Louisville officials release transcripts from grand jury proceedings over whether to charge police in her death. Kentucky’s attorney general said officers had acted in self-defense, after Taylor’s boyfriend fired first. Also,…
Politics Sep 15 Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center In a complaint filed Monday, a nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records. By Elliot Spagat, Jeff Amy, Associated Press
Nation Jul 16 Judge delays deadline to free detained migrant children U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles on Thursday granted a request for a 10-day extension to release children held in family detention centers longer than 20 days. In her ruling last month setting the Friday deadline, Gee said… By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press
Health May 07 Advocates warn of more immigrant deaths without ICE action Lawyers and immigrant advocates are warning that more people will die of the coronavirus in U.S. immigration custody unless the Trump administration improves conditions and release more detainees. By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press
Mar 29 Watch 7:31 Incarcerated people face potential disaster during outbreak By Ivette Feliciano With more than 2 million prisoners held in thousands of detention centers across the U.S., advocates for the incarcerated have been sounding the alarm about the dangers posed to this vulnerable population during the current pandemic. Ivette Feliciano spoke with… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 4:24 How prison has shaped one artist’s view on social distancing By Christopher Booker, Laura Fong Millions of Americans across the country are now staying inside due to the pandemic. That includes artist Fulton Leroy Washington, who became known as “Mr. Wash" while serving 21 years in prison for a non-violent drug offense. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher… Continue watching
Jan 29 Mexico’s president criticizes agency’s move to bar access to detention centers By Associated Press Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has criticized a directive from his own immigration agency that temporarily barred access to the country's immigration detention centers for nonprofit organizations that monitor conditions and assist migrants. Continue reading
Jan 13 Trial opens over Border Patrol detention conditions By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press The lawsuit filed in 2015 applies to eight Border Patrol facilities where attorneys say migrants are for long stretches of time in squalid and freezing cells. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 8:14 ICE detentions bring profits to Louisiana, but at what cost? By Joanne Elgart Jennings The rapid expansion of ICE detentions in Louisiana has injected depressed rural communities with a new source of income while increasing profits for private companies. With more than 51,000 migrants detained by ICE, upwards of 8,000 are being held in… Continue watching