Policing, Detention, Deportation, and Resistance: Situating Immigrant Justice and Carcerality in the 21st Century

This article discusses problems related to the detention of immigrants in the United States. The article mentions that the Corrections Corporation of America has announced plans to construct the largest immigration detention center in the U.S. in San Diego, California. It has been reported that many...

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Authors: Lawston, Jodie Michelle 1977- (Author) ; Escobar, Martha D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: Social justice
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-6
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Offenses against the person
Immigration law > United States
Women undocumented immigrants
Undocumented immigrants > United States
Alien detention centers
Detention of persons
Immigrants > United States
Immigrants
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Summary:This article discusses problems related to the detention of immigrants in the United States. The article mentions that the Corrections Corporation of America has announced plans to construct the largest immigration detention center in the U.S. in San Diego, California. It has been reported that many detained immigrants are subjected to abuse. Abuses range from inadequate health care to the rape of female prisoners. The article presents a history of the treatment of immigrant detainees from the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986 and discusses possible ways to enforce immigration laws in the future.