SSM - Mental Health, 2021 Imprisonment in the U.S. criminal legal system is associated with adverse health outcomes, but we know far less about the health consequences of immigration detention.
Caitlin Patler +3 more
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Conceptualising
Antipode, 2023 The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates the largest detention system in the world, holding over 35,000 people in October 2023. The vast majority of this capacity is outsourced to corrections firms, particularly the two largest, CoreCivic and ...
Lauren Martin
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A safe haven? Women's experiences of violence in Australian immigration detention [PDF]
Punishment & Society, 2023 Western nations like Australia should be safe havens for people fleeing their home countries due to war, persecution, and other threats. People make often perilous journeys in search of asylum expecting protection from violence.
Lorena Rivas
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The impact of immigration detention on children's mental health: systematic review. [PDF]
Br J PsychiatryBACKGROUND There are 117.3 million people forcibly displaced because of war, conflict and natural disasters: 40% are children. With growing numbers, many high-income countries have adopted or are considering increasingly restrictive policies of ...
Priestley I +6 more
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Health of children in Australian immigration detention centres: An analysis of the quarterly health reports from 2014 to 2017. [PDF]
J Paediatr Child Health, 2022 This study examines 3 years of child and adolescent health data from Australian onshore and offshore immigration detention centres from 2014 to 2017, quantifying the health presentation data of children and adolescents in Australian immigration detention
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration Detention
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2021 COVID-19 has spread quickly through immigration detention facilities in the United States. As of December 2, 2020, there have been over 7,500 confirmed COVID-19 cases among detained noncitizens.
Fatma E. Marouf
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Women’s Experiences of Immigration Detention in Italy: Examining Immigration Procedural Fairness, Human Dignity, and Health [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Recent decades have witnessed a growing number of states around the world relying on border control measures, such as immigration detention, to govern human mobility and control the movements of those classified as “unauthorised non-citizens.” In ...
Francesca Esposito +5 more
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Duration in Immigration Detention and Health Harms.
JAMA Netw OpenKey Points Question What is the association of duration of immigration detention and subsequent health outcomes? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 200 recently detained US immigrants, there was a high prevalence of poor self-rated health, mental ...
Saadi A, Patler C, Langer P.
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The mass release of migrants from UK immigration detention during the COVID-19 pandemic: what can be learned? [PDF]
BJPsych Bull, 2022 Summary Convincing international evidence demonstrates that immigration detention adversely affects mental health. During the COVID-19 outbreak, additional concerns were raised about the safety and appropriateness of immigration detention.
Waterman LZ, Pillay M, Katona C.
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Mental Health Consultations in Immigration Detention: What Can We Learn From Clinical Records? [PDF]
International Journal of Public HealthObjectives: Knowledge on mental health consultations in immigration detention and characteristics of people receiving consultations is scarce. Based on a sample of 230 adult men in immigration detention in Switzerland, we aimed to: (1) Quantify the ...
Leonel C. Gonçalves +11 more
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