Policy & Programs
Jail Conditions
Human Impact
Systemic Ethics
Data & Statistics
100

This federal agency is responsible for immigration enforcement and contracts with local jails to house detainees.

What is ICE?

100

This term is used to describe the highest number of people a facility can house while still operating safely.

What is rated capacity?

100

Unlike criminal defendants, immigrant detainees do not have a constitutional right to this type of legal assistance.

What is government-appointed counsel?

100

This famous leader once said, "No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails".


Who is Nelson Mandela?

100

This is the average number of noncitizens held in a U.S. jail on any given day, according to a 2006-2018 study.


What is 31?

200

This specific statute allows local law enforcement agencies to be deputized as immigration officers to check federal databases.

What is the 287(g) agreement?

200

A type of violent event between inmates that often occurs in jail facilities.

What are physical assaults?

200

This is the leading cause of death in U.S. jails, according to the general U.S. population.

What is suicide?

200

Many studies argue that the immigration detention system has become "inhumane" because it is primarily motivated by this.

What is profit?

200

Since 2002, the average daily population (ADP) of immigrant detainees has increased by more than this percentage.

What is 100%?

300

This administrative action requests that a local jail maintains custody of the individual for 48 hours past their lawful release date so ICE can assume custody.

What is an immigration hold?

What is a detainer?

300

Overcrowded jails suffer from this issue. Meaning there are not enough employees to manage the population safely.

What is understaffing?

300

Immigrant detainees are often forced to reside with these two groups, which compromises their safety.

What is the accused?

What is criminally convicted individuals?

300

This term explains the expansion of the detention system without an increase in legal or physical capacity.


What is "net-widening"?

300

ICE currently spends more than this amount annually on immigrant detention centers.

What is $2 billion?

400

These are the two primary pathways through which migrants end up in the U.S. jail system.

What are custodial arrests?

400

Three specific states had over 50% of their jails operating above 100% capacity in 2019.

What are Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia?

400

This is the average number of days an individual spends in detention, according to statistics.

What is approximately 35 days?

400

This 2011 California Statute transfers prisoners to county jails, which now also house ICE detainees.

What is AB 109 (Public Safety Realignment)?

400

This geographic region in the U.S. drives the majority of overcrowding and assaults happening today.

What is the U.S. Mexico border?

What are states with fast-growing immigrant populations?

500

This term describes when an arrest takes place at a migrant's home or workplace, rather than through a local law enforcement booking.


What are community arrests?

500

This demographic/age group is a part of the 44% increase in the ratio of population to jail capacity.

Who are 16–35 year old males?

500

These individuals are often mistakenly held by ICE, which highlights the failures within the detainer and law enforcement system.

Who are U.S. citizens?

500

Holding detainees for ICE takes them away of these two fundamental goals of the criminal justice system.


What is adequate supervision?

What is safety and inmate rehabilitation?

500

This type of detention facility held 67% of all detainees.

What are privately owned facilities?

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