I strongly suggest people read the ACLU's report, "Resistance, Retaliation, Repression: Two Years in California Immigration Detention". It was published in 2024 but no doubt the issues raised in here have only gotten worse as CoreCivic has expanded its contracts dramatically
- forced labor in order to afford to eat. The $1/day "Voluntary Work Program" is necessary to afford enough food and there is retaliation if you refuse (including solitary confinement). CoreCivic sells this labor to companies
- dozens of documented deaths from forced labor and medical neglect
- extensive use of solitary confinement often for "minor disciplinary infractions or as a form of retaliation for participating in hunger strikes or for submitting complaints"
They murdered people in the street in broad daylight. We should not for a second believe that treatment is somehow better in detention, where the cell phones of bystanders are not filming. These detention centers for years have had deaths from "natural causes" that are caused by things like heatstroke, hypothermia.
Wow. What an insane response. “Please don’t come here illegally or we will torture and treat you inhumanely. Oh, also, go back in time and make sure your parents didn’t bring you here illegally either. Also, even if you came here legally at the time you did, we decided you came here illegally in retrospect so too bad. Also, you’re following the law and attending the courts for your case but we will kidnap you so your case can never come to a resolution”.
Remaining in the US by overstaying a visa is indeed a civil offense, but entering illegally is a misdemeanor (first offense) or felony (subsequent offenses)
I strongly suggest people read the ACLU's report, "Resistance, Retaliation, Repression: Two Years in California Immigration Detention". It was published in 2024 but no doubt the issues raised in here have only gotten worse as CoreCivic has expanded its contracts dramatically
https://www.aclunorcal.org/publications/resistance-retaliati...
Some of those issues:
- forced labor in order to afford to eat. The $1/day "Voluntary Work Program" is necessary to afford enough food and there is retaliation if you refuse (including solitary confinement). CoreCivic sells this labor to companies
- dozens of documented deaths from forced labor and medical neglect
- extensive use of solitary confinement often for "minor disciplinary infractions or as a form of retaliation for participating in hunger strikes or for submitting complaints"
Your link got cut off and 404s, here's the full link:
https://www.aclunorcal.org/publications/resistance-retaliati...
Thank you! Edited my comment
They murdered people in the street in broad daylight. We should not for a second believe that treatment is somehow better in detention, where the cell phones of bystanders are not filming. These detention centers for years have had deaths from "natural causes" that are caused by things like heatstroke, hypothermia.
This sort of reasoning by analogy is no substitute for reporting on what's actually going on in prisons, which is the article does.
I find those that support this unpalatable. Empathy is humanity and a sign of intelligence.
Not jail. It’s a concentration camp. I would also accept “human warehouse.” But it’s not a jail.
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Wow. What an insane response. “Please don’t come here illegally or we will torture and treat you inhumanely. Oh, also, go back in time and make sure your parents didn’t bring you here illegally either. Also, even if you came here legally at the time you did, we decided you came here illegally in retrospect so too bad. Also, you’re following the law and attending the courts for your case but we will kidnap you so your case can never come to a resolution”.
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entering the united states illegally is not a criminal offense, it is a civil one
Remaining in the US by overstaying a visa is indeed a civil offense, but entering illegally is a misdemeanor (first offense) or felony (subsequent offenses)