A young, mentally disabled girl who posted a threat on Facebook faces indefinite detainment - and possible deportation - after a notoriously harsh immigration judge repeatedly denies her appeals for bail.
Waiting in Tijuana for his court hearing in 4 days, Jonathan Rayo Lopez is one of thousands of Nicaraguan asylum seekers fleeing their government's brutal regime.
On average, 2,371 were being held in immigration detention in 1979. That number has skyrocketed to to more than 52,000 in September of this year. Here's a recap of the history of immigration detention from a new report by the Marshall Project.
In "Sincerely Human," artist Anthony paints a vivid picture of life at Northwest Detention Center.
In addition to the trauma of detention, unaccompanied immigrant children face a dearth of legal resources - a problem Maria Woltjen of The Young Center was determined to solve.
Physically attacked by a guard, a man detained at Yuba County Jail writes, "I am currently being delayed to receive an x-ray on my rib. I cannot sleep at nights since the incident."
After fleeing El Salvador as a child, Carlos was able to go to school, start a family and pursue the American Dream. Then one day, everything changed.
Having exhausted all her options, her appeals denied, a young Angolan woman detained for over 2 years faces the terror of deportation.
"...corporate incarceration in America ...profits off the pain and suffering of others. Slavery has never ended. It has reformed itself."
