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Mama’s Bail Out Day

Donate to Free Mothers on Mother’s Day and Send a Card Artwork commissioned by Forward Together for Mama’s Day https://nomoremoneybail.org Donate to Mama’s Bail Out Day 2.7 million children in the United States have an incarcerated parent. That is 1 in every 28 children,

An Unlikely Friend

by Carl A. Braxton Photo Credit: Eileen Pace / TPR News I recently visited a man in immigration detention at the Theo Lacy Facility in the city of Orange, CA. I am a student in Professor Katie Dingeman-Cerda’s Sociology class “Deportation Nation” at Cal State Los Angeles. My visit was

Three Years a Detainee

How Patrick won his freedom after three years in immigration detention Patrick is a green card holder and has lived in the U.S. for 17 years. Born in Jamaica, he has five U.S citizen children. The youngest three are seven, ten and twelve years old. In January 2013,

Call Me Libertad

After Carlos was released, he began working with community groups to advocate for people in detention. This is his poem and his story Carlos Hidalgo used the pseudonym “Libertad” or “Liberty” to communicate with the outside world while in detention Carlos Hidalgo was separated from his family and twice detained