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BREAKING: We sued Clay County in IN for illegally using $ from its ICE contract for things like raises for county employees & improvements at county facilities. Meanwhile, immigrants suffered in county jail’s inhumane conditions. #CommunitiesNotCages🧵1/ immigrantjustice.org/press-releases…
The four plaintiffs detained in Clay County Jail describe being deprived of adequate medical care, cleaning supplies, clean clothing, working toilets and showers, and sufficient food. 2/ immigrantjustice.org/court_cases/he…
Lawsuit cites public comments by local officials saying more than half the funds from ICE contract last year paid for other county services—violating county’s federal detention contract, which requires $ be used for “housing, safekeeping, & subsistence” of people in detention. 3/ 
BREAKING: ICE is cutting contracts of two immigration detention centers– the Irwin County Detention Center in GA and the Bristol County Detention Center in MA! [statement link]
This is a decisive victory for the dignity of immigrants. #CommunitiesNotCages 1/
This is a decisive victory for the dignity of immigrants. #CommunitiesNotCages 1/
The end of ICE contracts at Irwin and Bristol County are an important win for the immigrant rights movement and the growing demand to #AbolishDetention.
We are celebrating in honor of everyone that has been detained, spoken out & called for the closure of the facilities.
We are celebrating in honor of everyone that has been detained, spoken out & called for the closure of the facilities.
In GA, accounts from immigrants at Irwin were detailed in a complaint filed by GA groups & in a lawsuit that included whistleblower Dawn Wooten describing abuse, such as ICE neglecting to follow COVID protocol & a pattern of gynecological procedures performed w/o informed consent
There are 1,181 people in ICE detention with active COVID cases under isolation or monitoring. That's a terrifying increase from around 400 when Biden took office (thread 1/10)
Numbers of people detained by ICE have gone up. They were as as low as 13,890 at the end of Feb, now more than 15,000 people are detained in ICE jails & facilities across the country (2/10)
More than 160 orgs have called on White House, DHS to Implement a meaningful case review process for 14,000 people at risk in ICE detention (3/10) immigrantjustice.org/press-releases…
.@POTUS @VP @SecMayorkas: We urge you to immediately SHUT DOWN 10 ICE facilities & cancel their contracts! #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages
🗣️Adelanto & Mesa Verde in CA
🗣️Berks in PA
🗣️Dilley, Karnes & Hutto in TX
🗣️Etowah in AL
🗣️Farmville in VA
🗣️Irwin in GA
🗣️Otero in NM
🗣️Adelanto & Mesa Verde in CA
🗣️Berks in PA
🗣️Dilley, Karnes & Hutto in TX
🗣️Etowah in AL
🗣️Farmville in VA
🗣️Irwin in GA
🗣️Otero in NM
Karim Golding has been detained by ICE for 4+ yrs & is currently detained at the Etowah Detention Center, where he faces retaliation for demanding freedom.
His story shows the inhumanity of detention & why Biden must #ShutDownEtowah.
#FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages #FreeKarim
His story shows the inhumanity of detention & why Biden must #ShutDownEtowah.
#FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages #FreeKarim
In 2020, ICE's transfer of 74 people to the Farmville Detention Center contributed to the largest COVID outbreak in the detention system, with 93% of people testing positive.
Including James Hill who died weeks later. #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/ic…
Including James Hill who died weeks later. #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/ic…
#ShutDownAdelanto thread @ic4ij @migrantfreedom @ie_iyc @im4humanintegrity @nikkeiprogressives
@cluejustice @LAneveragain @aclu_socal @detentionwatch @chirla_org @earthjustice @immdef_lawcenter @lbirc562 #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages
@cluejustice @LAneveragain @aclu_socal @detentionwatch @chirla_org @earthjustice @immdef_lawcenter @lbirc562 #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages
There is a health crisis at the local Adelanto ICE jail. ICE & GEO fail to follow sanitary food and water guidelines causing an H.pylori outbreak @SBCountyPH Act now before it's too late.
#ShutDownAdelanto #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages
#ShutDownAdelanto #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages
@GEOgroup has failed to follow @SBCountyPH safety recommendations. Instead the unsanitary conditions expose immigrants to H.pylori and put immigrants' lives at risk. @POTUS shut it down once and for all! #ShutDownAdelanto #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages
The 10 immigration detention centers communities are calling on the Biden administration to close down represent every single detention center where immigrants needlessly suffer. This list represents a beginning to dismantling ICE detention, a #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages.
The Adelanto Detention Center’s record is rife with abuse. This month, Martin Vargas tragically died, 3 days after ICE released him from the CA facility after he suffered from a stroke & COVID-19 inside.
#FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages latimes.com/california/sto…
#FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages latimes.com/california/sto…
Why #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages is calling to #ShutDownAdelanto:
7 people have died at Adelanto since it opened. Just last yr, people reported that GEO Group used a toxic chemical disinfectant inside the facility, causing people to develop bloody noses, burning eyes
7 people have died at Adelanto since it opened. Just last yr, people reported that GEO Group used a toxic chemical disinfectant inside the facility, causing people to develop bloody noses, burning eyes
Lives are in jeopardy in ICE custody. Here are three shocking examples of how 👇 #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages 1/
Instances of abuse are well-documented, including a # of women bravely coming forward in 2020 w/ a whistleblower to report gynecological procedures occurring at the Irwin Detention Center in GA without informed consent. #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages theintercept.com/2020/10/27/ice… 2/
In Fiscal Year 2020, 21 people died in ICE detention, including eight from COVID-19, the deadliest year in ICE detention since 2005. Under the Biden administration, 3 people have already died while in immigration detention #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages 3/ cnn.com/2020/09/30/us/…
Biden has yet to address ICE’s detention system.
2020 was the deadliest fiscal yr in ICE custody since 2005. W/ detention #'s currently at their lowest in 20 yrs, #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages underscores the urgent need to close detention centers & release people now
2020 was the deadliest fiscal yr in ICE custody since 2005. W/ detention #'s currently at their lowest in 20 yrs, #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages underscores the urgent need to close detention centers & release people now
#FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages is demanding the shut down of 10 detention centers in Biden's 1st year. #FirstTen is the next phase of @detentionwatch’s #CommunitiesNotCages campaign to shut down ICE facilities, stop the expansion/construction of new ones and #EndDetention
The #FirstTen detention centers are emblematic of how the immigration detention system as a whole is inherently abusive, unjust and fatally flawed beyond repair. #CommunitiesNotCages
People are uniting to protect immigrant communities by calling to shut down existing detention centers & blocking ICE proposals to build new ones.
@Potus @VP @SecMayorkas We urge you to close down the #FirstTen facilities this year.
@Potus @VP @SecMayorkas We urge you to close down the #FirstTen facilities this year.
.@Potus @vp @SecMayorkas With ICE detention #'s at its lowest in 20 yrs, the # of people in ICE custody should trend down as ppl are released & facilities are closed. We urge you to close the #FirstTen detention centers & cancel their contracts. #CommunitiesNotCages
.@POTUS @VP @SecMayorkas Yesterday, communities across the US took action to call on the Biden administration to shut down the #FirstTen detention centers & cancel their contracts during your first year in office. #CommunitiesNotCages
Hear our demands!
Hear our demands!
Today, communities across the country and #CommunitiesNotCages campaign members took direct action to demand the Biden administration shut down the #FirstTen detention centers. Read and RT this thread to see the powerful banner drops and actions across the country. 👇
The #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages Week of Action starts now! Join us as we call on the Biden administration to shut down 10 detention centers & end detention contracts as a first step towards ending the immigration detention system.
Sign up: bit.ly/FirstTenAction
Sign up: bit.ly/FirstTenAction
Since taking office, @POTUS has yet to address ICE’s deadly system of immigration detention. Instead, his administration has deported thousands of people and continues to detain over 14,000 immigrants. #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages
Even more, people continue to tragically lose their lives to immigration detention. Since January, three people have died in ICE custody, including Diego Fernando Gallego-Agudelo who died on March 15, less than two weeks after claiming asylum at the border #CommunitiesNotCages
DHS continues to grow its massive immigration detention system using a web of corrupt contracts that breed impunity for abuses. We echo @DetentionWatch's call: Time to #CutTheContracts & shut down the #FirstTen immigrant detention centers.
Watchdog agencies have long documented improper contracting practices & farcical inspections practices in the immigration detention system that is plagued with systemic racism & abuse. #CutTheContracts #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages
See our brand new policy brief updating our research on ICE’s immigrant detention contracting and inspection system. #CutTheContracts #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages immigrantjustice.org/policybrief/Cu…
Today we released a new policy brief updating our research on @ICEgov’s immigrant detention contracting and inspection system and calling on the Biden administration to #CutTheContracts as a critical step to #EndDetention
Read it at immigrantjustice.org/policybrief/cu…
Read it at immigrantjustice.org/policybrief/cu…
The policy brief highlights the #FirstTen detention centers @DetentionWatch is calling on the Biden admin to shut down as part of the #CommunitiesNotCages campaign:
The South Texas Family Residential Center (Dilley), Karnes County Residential Center & Hutto Detention Center, all in TX; the Berks Family Detention Center in PA; Etowah in AL; Irwin in GA; Otero in NM; ICA-Farmville in VA; and Adelanto and Mesa Verde in CA
Today, we’re launching the “First Ten to Communities Not Cages” campaign, demanding the shut down of 10 immigration detention centers during the first year of the Biden administration.
Learn more about the campaign: detentionwatchnetwork.org/take-action/co… #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages 1/15
Learn more about the campaign: detentionwatchnetwork.org/take-action/co… #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages 1/15
Biden has yet to address ICE’s detention system.
2020 was the deadliest fiscal yr in ICE custody since 2005. W/ detention #'s currently at their lowest in 20 yrs, #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages underscores the urgent need to close detention centers & release people now. 2/15
2020 was the deadliest fiscal yr in ICE custody since 2005. W/ detention #'s currently at their lowest in 20 yrs, #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages underscores the urgent need to close detention centers & release people now. 2/15
#FirstTen is the next phase of DWN’s national #CommunitiesNotCages campaign to shut down ICE detention centers, stop the expansion and construction of new facilities & ultimately abolish the detention system in its entirety.
Visit our action toolkit: bit.ly/FirstTenCNC 3/15
Visit our action toolkit: bit.ly/FirstTenCNC 3/15
Happening now: Black immigrant justice leaders and community advocates are holding a press conference on the importance of defending #AB32 from GEO Group.
Follow along here 👇
#DivestFromCages
#InvestInCommunities
Follow along here 👇
#DivestFromCages
#InvestInCommunities
"We have seen the terrifying conditions & outbreaks that have occurred in prisons and immigrant detention centers. #AB32 is an important piece of legislation that would allow us the opportunity to combat the ways that incarceration continues to expand."
- @arreenitta
- @arreenitta
"We know that there are alternatives that aren't based in a carceral solution." 🙌
- @arreenitta
#DivestFromCages
#InvestInCommunities
- @arreenitta
#DivestFromCages
#InvestInCommunities
GEO can’t cover up the truth. Detention is inhumane, unnecessary, and carries a shocking record of abuse and in-custody deaths. We’ve been visiting with impacted persons detained at #Adelanto since 2012. We know just how terrible this immigrant prison is.
Thread 👇
Thread 👇
In 2015 we co-authored an investigative report w/@DetentionWatch that exposed not only the sheer brutality of #Adelanto, but also how it was far from the economic savior private prison GEO Group pitched it to be.
We need #CommunitiesNotCages
freedomforimmigrants.org/adelanto
We need #CommunitiesNotCages
freedomforimmigrants.org/adelanto
@DetentionWatch In 2018, we released the first national study focusing on abuse motivated by hate and bias toward asylum seekers and other individuals in U.S. immigration detention.
Here's how GEO staff verbally abused immigrants in their custody:
freedomforimmigrants.org/report-on-hate
Here's how GEO staff verbally abused immigrants in their custody:
freedomforimmigrants.org/report-on-hate
Tonight, the McFarland city planning commission will hear public comment from community residents on whether private prison companies can expand their detention apparatus in California.
This is in violation of CA law.
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#CommunitiesNotCages
This is in violation of CA law.
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#CommunitiesNotCages
In 2017, @MigrantFreedom & @the_ILRC helped draft and co-sponsor #SB29, a law that clearly states no CA city, county, or public agency can approve a permit to expand immigration detention without fulfilling two requirements:
@the_ILRC 1.) The public must be adequately notified at least 180 days before the permit is approved 2.) The city holds two separate public hearings to solicit input from the community #PeopleOverProfits
