RT Article
T1 Policing, Detention, Deportation, and Resistance: Situating Immigrant Justice and Carcerality in the 21st Century
JF Social justice
VO 36
IS 2
SP 1
OP 6
A1 Lawston, Jodie Michelle 1977-
A2 Escobar, Martha D.
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747364045
AB 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.
K1 Offenses against the person
K1 Immigration law -- United States
K1 Women undocumented immigrants
K1 Undocumented immigrants -- United States
K1 Alien detention centers
K1 Detention of persons
K1 Immigrants -- United States
K1 Immigrants