As a result of this sudden move, the Sheriff has a responsibility to ensure a just and proper closure of the facility. A proper closure would ensure due process, access to counsel and the release of currently detained individuals so they can continue their cases on the outside through the help of community-based alternatives to detention within the next 120 days, before the contract ends.
Immigration Advocates Warn of Physical and Mental Harm to Hunger Strikers in El Paso Detention Facility
Freedom for Immigrants And 80 Immigration Advocates Raise Concerns Over Mesa Verde Contract Between ICE, GEO Group
Immigration advocates in California and around the country are deeply alarmed over the legality of a newly announced $19 million contract between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the GEO Group, Inc. to continue the operations of the Mesa Verde Detention Facility in Bakersfield, California.
Freedom for Immigrants' statement on California Attorney General's first report on detention conditions
The State Attorney General’s office released its first report today on immigration detention conditions in California, which found that immigrants face prolonged periods of confinement, significant language barriers, medical and mental health access issues, visitation and communication obstacles, and lack of access to legal representation.
Freedom for Immigrants announces launch of Alternatives To Detention program
Freedom for Immigrants and over 70 advocacy groups and legal service providers call for transparency regarding Mesa Verde ICE Detention Facility
Freedom for Immigrants is deeply alarmed by report on intolerable conditions at New Jersey ICE detention facility
Freedom for Immigrants is deeply alarmed by a report released by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General, which found “serious issues relating to safety, security, and environmental health that require ICE’s immediate attention” at the Essex County Correctional Facility, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.