pivoted to intrusive surveillance technologies like electronic ankle shackles to grow their deceptively-named  “alternatives to detention” operations.

But we are fighting back, and there’s no better time for you to plug in and educate yourself and your community. Use FFI’s detention map to find out if the nearest detention center to you is privately operated. If you live in California, learn more about the HEAL Initiative, a budget program that incentivizes towns to transform their incarcerated-centered economies to sustainable, high-quality jobs. Or, if you’re local to the San Diego area, help shut down the abusive Otay Mesa Detention Center by donating your time or resources to groups like Detention Resistance. 

Private prisons may have big money and connected lobbyists. But on our side, we have the people. And we will continue to demand that leaders on both sides of the aisle act to curb the power of this blood-soaked industry.

It’s time to step up the pressure. At the end of the day, these corporations are driven not by justice, nor respect for due process or human rights, but by their endless greed. And it’s up to us to ensure no human being is locked up for profit.

In solidarity,

Laura Hernandez 
Executive Director
Freedom for Immigrants