Author: Schriro, Dora Bess
Title: Immigration Detention Overview and Recommendations
Summary: This report provides a comprehensive review and evaluation of the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) system of Immigration Detention. It relies on information gathered during tours of 25 facilities, discussions with detainees and employees, meetings with over 100 non-governmental organizations and federal, state, and local officials, and the review of data and reports from governmental agencies and human rights organizations. The report describes the policy, human capital, informational, and management challenges associated with the rapid expansion of ICE's detention capacity. The report identifies important distinctions between the characteristics of the Immigration Detention population in ICE custody and the administrative purpose of their detention as compared to the punitive purpose of the Criminal Incarceration system. The report provides a seven part framework for meeting the challenge of developing a new system of Immigration Detention. It concludes with concrete recommendations for reform.
Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2009. 35p.
Source: Internet Resource
Year: 2009
Country: United States
URL:
Shelf Number: 117310
Keywords:
Alien Detention CentersDeportationIllegal AliensImmigrant DetentionImmigrantsImmigration |
