J. is an LGBT asylum seeker from Namibia currently detained in California “Boy with his dog,” by Louise Nienaber (2011). Charcoal and pastel on Fabriano. Source: SketchedOut I come from the Kavango tribe. It is an agricultural and fishing tribe settled along the Kavango river in what is today northeastern

Two women’s testimonies and a complaint with 27 signatures reveal a pattern of abusive conditions at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, CA Women being detained at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California, sent the above complaint to [Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement](http:

Adom, an asylum-seeker from Ghana, was detained for over a year in U.S. immigration detention and deported — without ever having a credible fear interview Photo Credit: Tina Shull This is Adom’s story, in letters sent from immigrant prisons in California, New Jersey, and Louisiana: I was put in

When we got there and I saw the fences and guards, I was so scared and confused that I started crying again.

Muhammad, 30, is currently in immigration detention in California “Triton and Mermaid” by Carlos Espino. Photo Credit: Tina Shull My name is Muhammad.* I am thirty years old. For everyone there comes an incident that changes things. I also had an incident that changed my life. Now, I am far

Gabriel, 18, is detained in Kankakee, Illinois These drawings are from Gabriel Diego C. He is 18 years old and from Guatemala. He is currently detained at Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, IL, and was transferred there from the Office of Refugee Resettlement when he turned 18. Psalm 23,

Roberto Carreiro has been detained for 18 months in Plymouth, Massachusetts Image by @CartoonRalph My name is Roberto Carreiro, and this is my story. I was born in Portugal in 1976. My family and I entered the United States on March 13, 1981, with green cards at the Boston Logan

by Elvia Ortiz Photo Credit: Tina Shull *Editor’s note: Elvia Ortiz, who was detained at the Adelanto Detention Facility in California since March of 2016, recently contacted Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC). She told us that she wanted to share her story with the public and

Artwork by Jose Vasquez, detained at the Theo Lacy Jail in California > “Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your school are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add