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BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Detained asylum seekers are at increased risk of self-harm, and the type of detention in which they are held may further exacerbate this risk.
Kyli Hedrick +3 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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BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2018 In April 2018, the US government introduced a ‘zero tolerance’ illegal immigration control strategy at the US-Mexico border resulting in the detention of all adults awaiting federal prosecution for illegal entry and the subsequent removal of their ...
Laura C N Wood
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Footprint, 2018 At the intersection of logistics and migration, I focus on US for-profit immigrant detention centres as nodes within global capital flows. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centres process humans through transnational, encoded power ...
Stephen Ramos
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