A Letter from Women held at the Adelanto Detention Facility, 8/26/16

#ShutDownAdelanto demonstration at Adelanto Detention Facility, August 20, 2016. Photo credit: Paula Kahn. #### Immigration detention has a long history in the United States, dating back to the late 1800s, but the practice of systematically detaining asylum seekers as prisoners has only resurfaced recently. “I want to tell you some things