Clearinghouse for Reports on Detention

Rights Working Group, in partnership with Detention Watch Network and Human Rights First, have compiled the following reports on detention, due process, special populations, and enforcement. See also the one-pager on Detention Reform Priorities.

If you have reports that you want posted here, please email info@rightsworkinggroup.org.

Jailing Refugees: Arbitrary Detention of Refugees in the U.S. Who Fail to Adjust to Permanent Resident Status by Human Rights Watch (December 29, 2009); More Info

Locked Up Far Away by Human Rights Watch (December 2009); More Info

Recommendation for Reforming Our Immigration Detention System and Promoting Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings by The Constitution Project (December 2009)

Attorneys' Perspectives on the Rights of Detained Immigrants in Minnesota by Jacob Chin, Katherine Fennelly, Kathleen Moccio, Charles Miles, and Jose D. Pacas (November 2009)

U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers: Seeking Protection, Finding Prison from Human Rights First (April 2009); More Info

Forced Apart (By the Numbers): Non-Citizens Deported Mostly for Nonviolent Offenses from Human Rights Watch (April 15, 2009)

Report on the December 2008 Humanitarian Visit to the Stewart Detention Center from Georgia Detention Watch (April 2009)

Jailed Without Justice: Immigration Detention in the USA from Amnesty International (March 25, 2009)

Dying for Decent Care: Bad Medicine in Immigration Custody from the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (March 17, 2009)

Detained and Dismissed: Womens Struggles to Obtain Health Care in United States Immigration Detention from Human Rights Watch (March 17, 2009)

Halfway Home: Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Custody from the Women's Refugee Commission (February 2009); Executive Summary

Local Democracy on ICE: Why State and Local Governments Have No Business in Federal Immigration Law Enforcement from Justice Strategies (February 2009)

Unseen Prisoners: A Report on Women in Immigration Detention Facilities in Arizona from the University of Arizona (January 2009)

Detention and Deportation in the Age of ICE from the ACLU of Massachusetts (December 2008); Executive Summary

U.S.-Mexico Border Policy Report from the Border Network for Human Rights, the Border Action Network, and the U.S.-Mexico Border and Immigration Task Force (November 2008); Executive Summary

Crossing the Line: Human Rights Abuses of Migrants in Short-Term Custody on the Arizona-Sonora Border from No More Deaths (September 2008)

Voices from Detention: A Report on Human Rights Violations at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington from OneAmerica (July 2008); Executive Summary

Locking Up Family Values: The Detention of Immigrant Families from the Women's Refugee Commission and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (February 2007)

GOVERNMENT REPORTS

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Process for Authorizing Medical Care for Immigrant Detainees from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General (December 2009)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Policies and Procedures Related to Detainee Transfers from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General (November 2009)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Tracking and Transfers of Detainees from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General (March 2009)

DHS: Organizational Structure and Resources for Providing Health Care to Immigration Detainees from the Government Accountability Office (February 2009)

Removals Involving Illegal Alien Parents of United States Citizen Children from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General (January 2009)