8 detained asylum seekers, who were beaten and pepper-sprayed by guards as they began a hunger strike last Monday, have announced that they are re-launching their hunger strike today, Thursday, June 22nd, in the GEO Group-managed private prison Adelanto Detention Center. The asylum-seekers decided to resume the hunger strike after
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
Jose was detained at the Adelanto Detention Center in California for over a year, from 2015–2016 Photo Credit: Tina Shull My name is Jose U. I am 44 years old and have lived in the United States for 24 years in the San Fernando Valley in California. I have
*For Immediate Release, June 14, 2017* Press Contact: Christina Mansfield, Co-Executive Director, CIVIC CMansfield@endisolation.org; (802) 999–1025 Adelanto — On Wednesday June, 14, 2017, a group of nearly 30 women detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Adelanto Detention Facility have commenced a hunger strike to protest
The Adelanto Detention Center is run by GEO Group, Inc. Washington, DC — Immigrant rights organizations, Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC), Detention Watch Network (DWN), and the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Vicente Caceres-Maradiaga. Caceres-Maradiaga, 46, died last Wednesday
by Barbara Woshinsky Photo credit: Cardenas Law Firm It is a beautiful Saturday morning in March, one of those unexpected gifts sent to South Florida from the North: temperature in the 60’s, low humidity; a perfect day for walking on the beach. But instead of heading east to Biscayne
Victor Perez, 23, spent over three years at the Adelanto Detention Center in California Victor (left) with his sister Valeria. Donate to his bond fund campaign so they can be reunited. Hello, my name is Victor Perez and I have been in ICE custody at the Adelanto Detention Center since
CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Medical Neglect Cesar writes from the Adelanto Detention Facility:We were in quarantine from April 1st to April 20th… I did write to three news publications but it might not have made the
On any given day, thousands of immigrants in the United States are being held in detention, mostly to the benefit of for-profit prison corporations. Kouraboure, who fled political persecution in his home country of Burkina Faso, is one of them. The for-profit Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Photo
