"I am afraid to go back, but I need my freedom."
KA writes to us of his feelings of despair, which have reached the point where he has given up and is ready to be deported to his home country of Ghana.
KA writes to us of his feelings of despair, which have reached the point where he has given up and is ready to be deported to his home country of Ghana.
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.
"God bless all the women and men suffering in all corners of the world and I hope that my story will give hope and joy to those that need that in their lives."
“I’d say everyone is experiencing some level of depression and desperation."
"Out of the six people we have in our care right now, two of them told me stories of an Indian man being shot in front of them."F
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.
Anthony Miranda wrote to us frequently about life at Northwest Detention Center, and his feelings of despair. Now deported, Anthony's poem conveys his emotional strength and determination to survive.
ICE will not be renewing its contract with CoreCivic for the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, leaving people detained there facing an uncertain future.