ICE Ends Contracts with Two Detention Facilities: Posts From the Groups & Advocates Who Made it Possible

At present, ICE introduced that it’ll finish their contracts with two detention amenities: Irwin County Detention Middle in Georgia, and Bristol County Detention Middle in Massachusetts. This comes after years of group organizing and activism, significantly from the Detention Watch Community, to shut these facilities of abuse and terror. 

This resolution is lengthy overdue, particularly after it was revealed that ladies who have been detained have been subjected to non-consensual sterilization with out consent at Irwin County Detention Middle final September, and folks detained at Bristol County Detention Middle encountered mistreatment and civil rights violations. We applaud the efforts of all who spoke out in opposition to these institutions and hope that that is simply step one of the Biden administration persevering with to divest in detention amenities. 

Total, the general public welcomed the excellent news: 

 

The Detention Watch Community has been on the forefront of this concern nationally, and wrote a celebratory and informative thread in regards to the subsequent steps for the Biden administration: 

 

 

After all, this win couldn’t have been attainable if it wasn’t for numerous grassroot activists who’ve been on the bottom preventing to shut these amenities for good! In Georgia, actions like Mission South, Georgia Latino Alliance, Georgia Detention Watch, and SoGa Immigrant Assist Community have labored tirelessly to #ShutDownIrwin!

Whereas there may be a lot information on Irwin County Detention Middle, activists in Massachusetts, such because the FANG Collective has labored to #ShutDownIce since 2018. Here’s a detailed thread of their journey by means of this combat: 

Additionally, we should not overlook how Daybreak Wooten, a nurse on the facility, revealed the horror of compelled sterilization on the Irwin County Detention Middle final fall. People honored her bravery, and celebrated her on this victory as nicely: 

 

Even with this celebratory information, this might doubtlessly imply that folks detained people are simply transferred to a different facility, and Detention Watch Community urges people to be launched as they await their case to be heard: 

 

If you wish to get entangled, you may ship a letter to Biden urging the shutdown of extra detention amenities: 

It’s also possible to retweet to name out ICE and the White Home: