"We fled Cuba so we wouldn’t be put in prison and here we are, in prison."

Here, "Claudia" reveals the deprivations she and others endured at Jackson Parish Correctional Center.

A letter from Cuban asylum seekers details horrific conditions, attempted suicides and medical neglect at La Palma Correctional Center.

After learning about the medical and psychological trauma inflicted on a detained man, Freedom for Immigrants is demanding answers - and action.

A Vietnamese woman writes to us about the misconceptions many Americans have about immigrants, and indignities endured at the Northwest Processing Center.

"Tratan o intentan golpearte, tratan provocarte, tratan humillarte más fuerte. Dicen que deberían estar muertes en tu país--cosas feas, cosas que no te imaginas."

"They try to beat you, to provoke you, to humiliate you. They tell you that you should die in your own country—horrible things, things that you could never imagine."

JC's story is one of resilience despite being separated from his family at the border, locked in solitary confinement, and suffering from both medical and psychological issues while in detention - all prior to his being deported.

Over the course of 2018, FFI surveyed 2,055 people in U.S. immigration detention, who reported 1,695 abuses or issues caused or exacerbated by detention.