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The U.S. has the largest immigration detention system in the world.
On any given day, tens of thousands of adults and families are detained in immigrant detention centers 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, solitary confinement, and other human rights abuses. Roughly 90 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 to abolish immigration detention. And you can, too.
WHO WE ARE
OUR VISION
We’re an immigrant-led, abolitionist organization devoted to freeing our people from the bonds of jails, prisons, and detention centers. Abolition is not simply about eradicating the profit-driven incarceration system — it’s about building the life-affirming care we all need to lead dignified lives.
OUR IMPACT
Our groundbreaking initiatives like the National Immigration Detention Hotline and Project Keep Away build power with incarcerated people as we fight for freedom. Through our organizing, narrative change and storytelling, and other advocacy efforts, we advance our mission to end immigration detention.
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.