21 May 2017

The cruel but usual conditions inside two Georgia immigration detention centers

AZADEH SHAHSHAHANI AND SHOBA SIVAPRASAD WADHIA, May 18, 2017 - "Just published: Imprisoned Justice: Inside Two Georgia Immigrant Detention Centers.  The report focuses on the conditions of two detention centers in the state of Georgia: The Stewart Detention Center and the Irwin County Detention Center.  This report was produced by Project South, an Atlanta based social justice organization, and Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic in collaboration with several other organizations. The report is an update to one created in 2012 titled Prisoners of Profit which focused on detention facilities based in Georgia. Stewart and Irwin were also previously identified in national reports as amongst the worst in the country."