Immigration and Immigrant Detention

Is "Secure Communities" Living up to its Name?

June 16, 2010
Arizona's SB 1070 has sparked rallies and debate over the collaboration between ICE and local police. While it has the goal of deporting undocumented workers, this partnership can have a chilling effect on domestic violence survivors (Public News Service).

Is "Secure Communities" Program Living Up to its Name?

Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail

January 18, 2010
Silence has long shrouded the men and women who die in the nation’s immigration jails. For years, they went uncounted and unnamed in the public record. (NY Times)

Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail
By NINA BERNSTEIN
New York Times

Oregon Group Says Cops Shouldn’t be Immigration Officers, Too

September 1, 2009
PSJ was one of more than 500 groups who signed a letter asking President Obama to end the 287(g) program - the program that trains and authorizes local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws. (Public News Service)

More than 500 civil rights and public safety groups across the country are asking President Obama to end the “287(g) program,” so named because it is Section 287(g) of the Immigration a

Latinos and Incarceration: Prisons, Jails, and Immigration Detention

September 10, 2007
Kathleen Pequeño spoke with Angela Arboleda, Associate Director for Criminal Justice Policy with the National Council of La Raza, about over-representation of Latinos in prison, jail, and immigrant detention thanks to “incarceration fever.”

Kathleen Pequeño spoke with Angela Arboleda, Associate Director for Criminal Justice Policy with the National Council of La Raza, about over-representation of Latinos in prison, jail, and im

Racial Disparities and Structural Racism (JM-Summer 2007)

June 1, 2007
This issue of Justice Matters reports on our progress in the 2007 legislature and focuses on the broader issue of racial disparity in the criminal justice system.

In this issue:

A New "Market" for Profiting off of Incarcerated Children

June 1, 2007
Private prison corporations are innovating and going after new markets which, in “corporate speak,” means they’re looking for more people to lock up.

Article by Caylor Roling

Can Oregon Afford to Go Into the Private Prison Business?

December 7, 2006
Multnomah County Sheriff Bernie Guisto is proposing that Multnomah County move into the prisons-for-profit business, renting an existing jail to the Geo Group, one of the country’s largest private prison companies.

Article by Kathleen Pequeño

WA: Trafficking Survivor Story Highlights National Problem

January 18, 2006
In recent years human trafficking (slavery) has been getting greater attention among local and national decision makers.

In recent years human trafficking (slavery) has been getting greater attention among local and national decision makers.

Feds Pay Off Private Prison Companies With Immigrant Lives

February 28, 2001
The last year has been hard on the private prison companies. With numerous news stories about prisoner abuse, unsafe working conditions, poorly trained guards and understaffed facilities, the reputation of these companies was hard hit.

Article by Brigette Sarabi

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