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Project South and Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Release New Findings about Local Law Enforcement Collaboration with ICE
Project South and Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Release New Findings about Local Law Enforcement Collaboration with ICE in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina Project South and the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law have published Escalating Jailhouse Immigration Enforcement, a report that details the rise in jailhouse…
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Biden to Break More Promises by Making Georgia the Private Prison Capital of the U.s. With Geo Mega Immigrant Detention Center
BIDEN TO BREAK MORE PROMISES BY MAKING GEORGIA THE PRIVATE PRISON CAPITAL OF THE U.S. WITH GEO MEGA IMMIGRANT DETENTION CENTER Advocates: Notoriously Abusive Folkston Facility Must Be Closed, Not Expanded FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2021 PRESS CONTACTS Azadeh Shahshahani, Project South, azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop Abraham Paulos, Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), abraham@baji.org Daniela Rodriguez,…
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Project South and Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Release New Findings about Local Law Enforcement Collaboration with ICE in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] Project South and Community Health Law Partnership Clinic Release New Findings about Local Law Enforcement Collaboration with ICE in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina December 6, 2021 Contact: Azadeh Shahshahani, Project South, azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop Jason Cade, Community…
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New report details Biden’s broken promises on ending the use of private prisons in federal incarceration and immigration detention
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 3, 2021 Contact: Azadeh Shahshahani azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop New report details Biden’s broken promises on ending the use of private prisons in federal incarceration and immigration detention Atlanta, GA — The Biden administration has failed to deliver on the promise to end the use of private prisons in federal incarceration and…
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Torture and Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees
One Year after “Death Flights,” Civil Rights Groups Press for Information on Torture and Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees FOIA lawsuit seeks records improperly withheld by U.S. government after it mistreated Black immigrants October 13, 2021, New York ‒ Civil rights organizations today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding information about the…
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New Report Details Abuse and Trauma of Immigrant Women in ICE Detention in Georgia
Contact: Azadeh Shahshahani, Project South, azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop Cindy Zapata, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, czapata@law.harvard.edu New Report Details Abuse and Trauma of Immigrant Women in ICE Detention in Georgia Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, South Georgia Immigrant Support Network, and Staff and students at Harvard Law School…
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Project South, Penn Law Transnational Legal Clinic & the Detention Watch Network to Testify Before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Immigrant Human Rights Abuses
Project South, Penn Law Transnational Legal Clinic & the Detention Watch Network to Testify Before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Immigrant Human Rights Abuses Atlanta, GA – June 28, 2021 – This morning, Project South along with the Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School under the direction…
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CREW, Project South and National Immigration Project release new ICE records on gynecological abuse
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2021 CREW, Project South and National Immigration Project release new ICE records on gynecological abuse Washington — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement failed to properly monitor informed consent protocols used by a doctor accused of performing non-consensual gynecological procedures on women detained at Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, according to…
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ICE announces it’s cutting the Irwin County Detention Center contract
After years of advocacy, ICE announces it’s cutting the Irwin County Detention Center contract—a huge win for the immigrants’ rights community For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Ocilla, Georgia — Today, Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, GLAHR, South Georgia Immigrant Support Network, and Detention Watch Network are celebrating the news that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will…
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After years of advocacy, no immigrant women are currently detained at the Irwin County Detention Center
For Immediate Release April 29, 2021 After years of advocacy, no immigrant women are currently detained at the Irwin County Detention Center Ocilla, Georgia — Today Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, GLAHR, South Georgia Immigrant Support Network and Detention Watch Network are celebrating the news that no immigrant women are currently detained at the…