I wanted to produce something that didn’t have any characters at all, but focused instead on larger community fears.

Over 70 people detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center signed a letter protesting medical neglect and safety concerns as advocates are shut out from the facility.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office and ICE are trying to silence us. But we will continue to speak out. Our names are Catherine, Carl, Ann and William, and we are volunteers with Freedom for Immigrants, formerly known as CIVIC, and we want to know: Why does ICE fear

The Act will Bring Needed Accountability to Private Immigration Prisons Photo Credit: CIVIC ***October 5, 2017 ***— Today, Governor Brown signed SB 29, the Dignity Not Detention Act, into law, effectively freezing the growth of private, for-profit immigration detention facilities in the state of California. The bill also prohibits cities or

Provisions Include Moratorium on Detention Contract Expansion & Creation of State Detention Facility Oversight Christina Mansfield of CIVIC speaks at press conference with CA Senator Ricardo Lara and CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra. June 2017. SAN FRANCISCO, CA. — This week, the California Legislature approved the SB 87/AB 103 budget