Not long after President Biden was sworn into office, he signed an important executive order ending the Department of Justice’s use of for-profit prisons. Unfortunately, this executive order did not apply to immigration detention facilities.
Investigation after investigation and news report after news report has shown the cruel treatment of immigrants in detention centers puts their wellbeing and lives at risk. And yet, Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to expand its detention system at taxpayers’ expense, including its use of these dangerous facilities.
That’s why Pramila co-led more than 100 of her colleagues in a letter calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE to stop its use of for-profit prisons, review its facilities, and suspend its detention expansion.
The immigration detention system is one that has consistently bucked accountability and transparency — that must end.
Multiple studies have uncovered horrifying conditions detained people have had to endure, like when a detention center in Georgia came under fire for their reported unnecessary and non-consensual medical procedures performed on women.
Pramila co-led a letter to DHS calling on them to immediately investigate and respond to these accounts, and successfully passed a resolution condemning the unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures performed on women without their full, informed consent.
But now it’s critical we ensure that all detained people no longer endure cruel and inhumane treatment in for-profit detention centers. If you agree, add your name as a citizen co-signer of Pramila’s letter demanding an end to for-profit immigration detention centers.
In solidarity,
Team Jayapal
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