Stories & Art from Detention

Hugo Mejia was detained at the Rio Consumnes Correctional Center in California

Muhammad, 30, is currently in immigration detention in California

Roberto Carreiro has been detained for 18 months in Plymouth, Massachusetts

by Elvia Ortiz

by Olivia Segura

Phal Sok has been doubly punished by our criminal justice and immigration detention systems. Read his story and watch a short film by the…

by Alondra Pegueros

by Jasmine Mendoza

Thomas was deported to his home country in Africa in April of 2017 after being in immigration detention for over three years

I have been deported from the United States three times, but my family is more important than my freedom

Jose was detained at the Adelanto Detention Center in California for over a year, from 2015–2016

I was advocating and litigating from inside ICE detention for over 6 years, and I have since been deported

TJ spent six years in U.S. immigration detention

Maria Ortiz Cortez was released after being detained for a year and a half at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, CA

Victor Perez, 23, spent over three years at the Adelanto Detention Center in California

I was born in the dusty streets of Africa, with high ambitions of becoming successful

Mayra, mother of three, was detained for over a year in Louisiana before being deported to El Salvador

Ahmed has been imprisoned in three detention centers in Florida since September of 2014

“I want to tell you some things about Adelanto”

Patrick Thaxter does not go outside often these days. Apart from his job at a factory, he spends most of his time in his apartment in…