"We are literally prisoners and there's nothing we can do. Just wash our hands and try to keep things clean."

FFI will now provide comprehensive bi-weekly updates about the impact of COVID-19 on detained people through info gathered through first-hand accounts and media reports.

As the pandemic continues to spread inside detention centers, ICE says less than 2 percent of its detained population has been classified for potential release.

One week after launching its COVID-19 hotline and interactive COVID-19 map, FFI has posted 89 reports from detention centers around the country that cite instances of unsanitary conditions, inadequate medical services and protests.

"I do my best to help other children who are sad," 12-year-old W says in his declaration. He and his 4-year-old brother were separated from their uncle after crossing the border.

This young, recently-freed-from-detention Cameroonian man wants you to try his cooking - if he can just raise the money for his food truck.

“I’d say everyone is experiencing some level of depression and desperation."

The family and Alexander himself have requested five times that he be paroled, but they have received two denials, each containing incorrect information. Other requests have gone unanswered.

In addition to not being able to visit her father, Jennifer worries that her father is being refused his blood pressure medication.