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Solitary confinement, official misconduct, and deplorable conditions subject people to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment in United States prisons and detention centers. We fight to end prison torture.

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September 18, 2021
Campaign

Exposing Systematic Abuse in ICE’s Jails

Learn more: Exposing Systematic Abuse in ICE’s Jails
March 30, 2023
Press

Immigrants’ Rights and Human Rights Organizations File Civil Rights Complaint Exposing Torture, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect of a Hunger Striker at a Louisiana ICE Detention Center

Learn more: Immigrants’ Rights and Human Rights Organizations File Civil Rights Complaint Exposing Torture, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect of a Hunger Striker at a Louisiana ICE Detention Center
February 28, 2023
Press

Human Rights Organizations Urge United Nations to Review Abusive Solitary Confinement Practices in California, New York, Louisiana, and Minnesota

Learn more: Human Rights Organizations Urge United Nations to Review Abusive Solitary Confinement Practices in California, New York, Louisiana, and Minnesota
September 30, 2022
Press

Black Immigrant Organizations File FOIA Lawsuit Demanding Transparency on the Abuse of Haitians in Del Rio Last Year

Learn more: Black Immigrant Organizations File FOIA Lawsuit Demanding Transparency on the Abuse of Haitians in Del Rio Last Year
March 29, 2022
Report

Six month anniversary Del Rio report details a living legacy of anti-Haitian discrimination in U.S. immigration system

Learn more: Six month anniversary Del Rio report details a living legacy of anti-Haitian discrimination in U.S. immigration system
June 21, 2021
Press

DHS Complaint Details Horrific Conditions, Abuse at Louisiana ICE Jail

Learn more: DHS Complaint Details Horrific Conditions, Abuse at Louisiana ICE Jail
September 29, 2022
Our Voices

Gov. Newsom, understand the horrors of solitary as you consider the Mandela Act

Learn more: Gov. Newsom, understand the horrors of solitary as you consider the Mandela Act

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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

We joined forces to litigate the domestic violence case of Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales) v. United States, which prompted the IACHR to recommend strengthening U.S. domestic violence law.

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Atlas of Blackness

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Freedom for Immigrants

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Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy (ISLA)

Our investigation of a Louisiana immigrant detention center highlights the egregious human rights violations found across all of ICE’s 200 jails.

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Southern Poverty Law Center

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The Unlock the Box Campaign

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Torture

Our Work

Exposing Systematic Abuse in ICE’s Jails

Immigrants’ Rights and Human Rights Organizations File Civil Rights Complaint Exposing Torture, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect of a Hunger Striker at a Louisiana ICE Detention Center

Human Rights Organizations Urge United Nations to Review Abusive Solitary Confinement Practices in California, New York, Louisiana, and Minnesota

Black Immigrant Organizations File FOIA Lawsuit Demanding Transparency on the Abuse of Haitians in Del Rio Last Year

Six month anniversary Del Rio report details a living legacy of anti-Haitian discrimination in U.S. immigration system

DHS Complaint Details Horrific Conditions, Abuse at Louisiana ICE Jail

Gov. Newsom, understand the horrors of solitary as you consider the Mandela Act

Our Partners

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Atlas of Blackness

Freedom for Immigrants

Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy (ISLA)

Southern Poverty Law Center

The Unlock the Box Campaign

Help us protect human rights