In this essay, Rachel Melancon describes how "the language of atrocity" has evolved over decades to avoid triggering our collective conscience.

"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."

"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

"Her granddaughter was taken from her as an unaccompanied minor. She is 16, and now is likely in a detention center, a child’s prison, in the US."

Jarred Bean turns the spotlight of this series to working class immigrants, who bear the brunt of the racist targeting of our country's immigration system.

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.

"The hardest part of the waiting for K was the not knowing, the fear of missing something that would help her case to stand out. It felt like we were flailing most of the time."

"He’s resilient and positive. He’s done his time, and he needs to be pardoned.”

A journalist turned immigration reporter talks about the political history of using criminal justice databases to target undocumented immigrants.