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Immigration Detention, the Patriarchal State and the Politics of Disgust in the Hands of Street-level Bureaucrats [PDF]
Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 2022 This article presents the results of ethnographic research conducted in the southern border of Mexico from 2017 to 2019, specifically at the Estación Migratoria Siglo XXI [XXI Century Immigration Station], which is one of the biggest and most important ...
Alethia Fernández de la Reguera
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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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Perceived structural vulnerabilities among detained noncitizen immigrants in Minnesota.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Across several decades there has been an unprecedented increase in immigration enforcement including detention and deportation. Immigration detention profoundly impacts those experiencing detention and their family members.
Kazumi Tsuchiya +6 more
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The Politics of Pain in Immigration Detention [PDF]
Punishment & Society, 2021 In this paper I draw on qualitative material from the first complete data set of the ‘ Measure of the Quality of Life in Detention’ (MQLD) survey in the UK to reflect on its implication for understanding and challenging these sites. While similarities between immigration detention centres and prisons make it tempting to place the testimonies from ...
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Immigration detention: An Anglo model [PDF]
Migration Studies, 2018 Over the last twenty-five years, immigration detention policies and practices have proliferated around the globe. We look at four liberal democratic countries with the largest immigration detention systems—Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States—and identify components of an immigration detention policy ‘package’ as well as ...
Mainwaring, Cetta, Cook, Maria L.
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Menstrual Justice in Immigration Detention
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, 2021 The menstrual injustices experienced by noncitizens detained in immigration facilities – a particularly vulnerable subset of menstruators in carceral spaces – are largely ignored. Menstruating detainees are forced to rely on the immigration system to provide adequate access to menstrual products, and on detention facilities to engage in safe ...
Gomez, Valeria, Karin, Marcy L.
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Detained during a Pandemic: Human Rights behind Locked Doors
Social Sciences, 2021 Every year, thousands of people are detained in United States immigration detention centers. Built to prison specifications and often run by private companies, these detention centers have long been criticized by academics and advocacy groups.
Justine N. Stefanelli
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Clinicians’ perceptions of the health status of formerly detained immigrants
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background In the past decade, the U.S. immigration detention system regularly detained more than 30,000 people per day; in 2019 prior to the pandemic, the daily detention population exceeded 52,000 people.
Kathryn Hampton +5 more
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Social Sciences, 2021 Past research shows that crises reveal the sensitive spots of established ideologies and practices, thereby providing opportunities for social change. We investigated immigration control amid the pandemic crisis, focusing on potential openings for both ...
Wenjie Liao +3 more
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The Mental Health Burden of Immigration Detention: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal, 2020 This study provides up-to-date meta-analytic estimates of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of people in immigration detention.
Stéphanie Baggio +8 more
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