News & Commentary about Privatized Immigration Detention
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![Two children wear masks and hold signs that read "I want my dad free and healthy" and "I want my dad alive not dead!!" as part of a protest calling for the release of detained immigrants in front of the GEO Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/04/ICE-Detention-and-COVID-Full-Bleed-Header-Image-400x266.jpg)
Apr 8, 2020
“They Don’t Care if You Die”: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19
![Protesters blocking an entrance to the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility begin to move as a pickup truck approaches](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-rhode-island-protest-attack-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Aug 16, 2019
Corrections Officer Who Struck Rhode Island Protesters with Pickup Truck Resigns
![An ICE removal of undocumented immigrants](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog16-iceremoval-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Oct 24, 2016
The Government’s Out-of-Control Detention Practices Could Bail Out the Private Prison Industry
![Shutting Down the Profiteers](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-shuttingdownprofiteers-1160x768-v01-400x266.jpg)
Oct 3, 2016
Homeland Security Must Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention. Here’s How to Do It.
![Child on fence](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog15-childonfence-1160x768_0-400x266.jpg)
Aug 31, 2016
No Review Necessary: Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention
![A barbed wire fence outside a prison](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-blog-barbedwire-prison-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Aug 19, 2016
The Justice Department’s Call to Axe Private-Prison Contracts Is A Victory. ICE Must Now Do the Same to End Federal Prison Profiteering.
![Child in Detention](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-childjail-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Oct 21, 2015
President Obama and Texas Are Colluding to Detain Refugee Children in Private Prisons
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Mar 11, 2015
U.S. Looks Overseas for Human Rights Abuses and Ignores U.N. Report Criticizing Its Youth Detention Practices at Home
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Feb 27, 2015
The ‘Family-Friendly’ Myths of Family Detention Facilities
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May 28, 2014
The U.S. Government Treats Detained Immigrants Like Slaves