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Release from US immigration detention may improve physical and psychological stress and health: Results from a two-wave panel study in California

open access: yesSSM - 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
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived structural vulnerabilities among detained noncitizen immigrants in Minnesota.

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Health of children in Australian immigration detention centres: An analysis of the quarterly health reports from 2014 to 2017. [PDF]

open access: yesJ 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
Essex R   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Conceptualising US Immigration Detention as Carceral Real Estate

open access: yesAntipode, 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 L. Martin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A safe haven? Women's experiences of violence in Australian immigration detention

open access: yesPunishment & 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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detained during a Pandemic: Human Rights behind Locked Doors

open access: yesSocial 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
doaj   +1 more source

#ForeignersMustGo versus “in favorem libertatis”: Human rights violations and procedural irregularities in South African immigration detention law

open access: yesJournal of Human Rights, 2023
In 2021, an estimated 3.95 million foreign nationals resided in South Africa, with no data available on numbers of displaced persons or undocumented migrants residing without legal or valid immigration status.
M. Van Hout, J. Wessels
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinicians’ perceptions of the health status of formerly detained immigrants

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Suicide rates of migrants in United States immigration detention (2010-2020). [PDF]

open access: yesAIMS Public Health, 2021
Objective We determined the annual suicide rate of migrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the past decade. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of the annual suicide rates for ICE detainees from federal ...
Erfani P   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Multiple functions of immigration detention: Police measures in the governance of mobile populations

open access: yesPunishment & Society, 2023
Notwithstanding punitive implications, immigration detention as an administrative deprivation of liberty represents a characteristic police measure, targeting deportable noncitizens with limited rights and protections.
Jukka Könönen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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