CIDR In the News, Op-eds

Are Immigrants Being Abused in Our Own Backyard? This Jail Needs Real Transparency

Little to no contact with loved ones. Lack of access to basic health care. Barriers to adequate legal counsel. Lockdowns that last up to 22 hours a day.

These are just some of the reported abuses that jeopardize the fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, and brothers and sisters who have been taken from their families and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California.

Read the full op-ed in The Sacramento Bee here.

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