After an ethnic media workshop in February 2007 with the IRE, I tried to work in this story from a local perspective and it was very difficult to get data regarding health care access and deaths inside detention centers in Illinois, but along the way I learned some things, such as the story of Hassiba Belbachir, who died at McHenry County Jail. The muslim community really tried to get to the truth about her death. I also found out about some videos and interviews with immigrant detainees, made by lawyers from National Immigrant Justice Center. I found some interesting GAO reports on medical standards in detention facilities, but it wasn’t until last year that I could write something. And this was only after ICE officials made public reports that documented inspections at numerous detention centers. I think we will see a lot of more information coming out in the following months about what goes on behind those doors.

Here is one story
Drawing a Picture of Immigration Detention
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