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We’re abolitionists working to end immigration incarceration by organizing with and following the leadership of detained immigrants. #FreeThemAll

Learn more: https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org
In June, we received a disturbing call from inside the privately-run South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, where a woman, two months pregnant, reported not receiving emergency medical care after she began experiencing abdominal pain and bleeding large blood clots.

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The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention
The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.
theintercept.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Medical care inside of detention facilities is insufficient in general. So, when we add in more specified procedures or medical care, that’s just completely inexistent,” said Diaz.
October 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"We’re outraged that yet another life has needlessly been taken by the immigration detention system," said Amanda Díaz, Organizing Director with Freedom for Immigrants. "For decades, detention has been defined by ICE’s deadly medical neglect, resulting in premature and preventable deaths."
October 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Freedom for Immigrants has long documented abuse of solitary in immigration detention. It's frequently used by officials inside immigration prisons as a means of coercion, retaliation, and medical abuse.

Read the full story: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/16/t...
‘Unbearable’: How ICE Is Locking More Immigrants in Solitary Under Trump
A mother of three said she hallucinated after weeks in an ICE segregation cell in Louisiana. She’s one of thousands now facing the psychological toll of isolation.
www.themarshallproject.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As our Organizing Director Amanda Díaz shared with The Marshall Project and Univision, the irreparable harm of solitary confinement is only getting worse with zero accountability in the system: “What’s really scary right now is there’s no third-party witnesses to what’s happening inside."
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"CoreCivic must not be allowed to continue operating outside legal and ethical boundaries. We demand transparency, the enforcement of city and state laws, and the immediate closure of the CCCF. CoreCivic is subject to California laws and city laws, just as any other entity."
Private Prison Corporation Defying California Law at Unpermitted Immigration Detention Center — Freedom for Immigrants
CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. — Mega prison corporation CoreCivic is detaining people in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Marshals Service at the California City Correct...
www.freedomforimmigrants.org
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“CoreCivic’s operation of the California City Correctional Center is a direct threat to human rights, public safety, and the values we hold as Californians," said Amanda Díaz, Organizing Director with Freedom for Immigrants (FFI), in a statement demanding action from local officials.
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
CoreCivic also appears to be operating the facility in violation of state law, Senate Bill 29, which prohibits local governments from issuing building permits for privately-run immigration detention centers without first providing 180 days public notice and holding at least 2 public hearings.
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
City officials previously alerted CoreCivic that the city found serious safety concerns at the prison, including a failed fire department inspection, and that the facility could not legally operate in the city.
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Mega prison corporation CoreCivic is detaining people in the custody of ICE and the U.S. Marshals Service at the prison despite its failure to comply with California law and obtain the required city permits.
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We must shut down Angola once and for all — not just for ICE, but for everyone! #ShutDownAngola #AbolishICE
September 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"There is perhaps no more singular site where past and present are indistinguishable, where the systematized degradation of Black people has been reinvented over the centuries — from plantation, to forced labor camp, and now detention — always in service of white supremacy and anti-Blackness."
September 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our previous study on shackling found pervasive physical and mental health harms, including 1 in 5 shackled people reporting electric shocks.

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‘Caged in Cyber Prison’: New Report Sheds Light on Harms of Federal Government’s Shackling of Immigrants — Freedom for Immigrants
In new study, hundreds of immigrants reveal how electronic ankle shackling is experienced as another form of detention WASHINGTON, D.C. – The federal government’s use of electronic ankle “monitoring...
www.freedomforimmigrants.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“This will be a tool used to extend the reach of the government from just the folks it can manage to put in physical detention to an additional hundreds of thousands more that it can surveil," said Rivera.
August 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“If we know our rights and we know how to navigate a situation, we’re less likely to harm ourselves inadvertently in the process,” she said. “Knowledge is power.”

Learn more about Project Keep Away: www.freedomforimmigrants.org/project-keep...
Project Keep Away — Freedom for Immigrants
www.freedomforimmigrants.org
July 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM