Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (US)

United States

Blog posts & press:

As COVID-19 Spreads in ICE Detention, Oversight is More Critical Than Ever (FixGov Blog, May 2020) [text]

"Comment: COVID-19 and the Coming Epidemic in US Immigration Detention Centres," The Lancet, vol. 20, no. 6 (June 2020) [free full-text]

COVID-19, Asylum, and False Binaries of Detention (HHR Journal Blog, June 2020) [text]

COVID-19 is Threatening the Lives of Migrant Children Held in US Custody (World Economic Forum, May 2020) [text]

The Hotspots in Hiding: COVID-19 and Immigrant Detention (Medium, May 2020) [text]

ICE Tells Parents to Separate from Their Children or Risk Indefinite Detention Together (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2020) [text]

Large Numbers at Risk in ICE Detention Facilities for the COVID-19 Virus (TRAC, April 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"COVID-19 Outbreaks in U.S. Immigrant Detention Centers: The Urgent Need to Adopt CDC Guidelines for Prevention and Evaluation," Clinical Infectious Diseases, Advance Articles, 31 May 2020 [free full-text]

Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention and COVID-19 Timeline - Administration Fails to Heed Warnings, Worsens Spread of Coronavirus (Human Rights First, June 2020) [text]

Injustice and the Disappearance of Discretionary Detention under Trump: Detaining Low Risk Immigrants without Bond, iLCSS Working Paper, no. 5 (Univ. of Maryland, May 2020) [text via Duke Univ.]

"Manipulating Risk: Immigration Detention through Automation," Lewis & Clark Law Review (Forthcoming, 2020) [preprint]

"Modeling COVID-19 and Its Impacts on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Facilities, 2020," Journal of Urban Health, Latest Articles, 15 May 2020 [free full-text]

"The New Solidarity: How Immigrant Bond Funds Free ICE Detainees," New Labor Forum, vol. 29, no. 2 (2020) [free full-text]

Permanent Injury Beyond Medical Intervention: Disguising Death in U.S. Immigrant Detention (SSRN, March 2019; posted May 2020) [text]

"Understanding US Immigration Detention: Reaffirming Rights and Addressing Social-Structural Determinants of Health," Health and Human Rights Journal, Papers-in-press, 19 May 2020 [open access]

US Detention and Release Policies Fatally Flawed: Detention System Increasingly Serves as Vector to Spread COVID-19 (Center for Migration Studies, May 2020) [text]

*Multimedia:

Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC, 2 June 2020 [info]
- Follow link for video. See also related Refugees International statement.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (11 June 2020)