08 June 2026

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Border Criminologies Blog (June 2026) 
- Two-part series discussing the recent report, "From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention." See Part 1: Alternatives to detention: How tech ‘solutions’ expand containment; and Part 2: Rethinking tech in alternatives to detention: 10 principles rooted in community empowerment and transparency.

ICE Doesn’t Want the Public to See What Happens in Its Detention Centers (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

ICE Has Detained 6,200+ Kids in Trump’s Second Term, Up 10x Since Biden Left Office (Marshall Project, April 2026) [text]

Pakistan: Mass Detention and Forced Returns of Afghans Amid Escalating Crackdown (Immigration Detention Monitor, May 2026) [text]

The stethoscope as a tool of border control: resisting the pathogenicity of immigration detention (Border Criminologies Blog, May June 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Italy.

Tanzania: Allegations of Detention Amidst Coerced Returns (Immigration Detention Monitor, May 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Challenging Mass Immigration Detention," Michigan State Law Review, vol. 50 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]
- Focuses on the US.

The Collapse of Al Hol Camp (Repatriate the Children Sweden, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The impact of immigration detention on mental health: an updated systematic review," BMC Psychiatry, 16 May 2026 [open access]

Protection in Principle, Detention in Practice: Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence and Mental Health Risk within UK Immigration Removal Centres (LWOB Glasgow, May 2026) [text via SSRN]

Resource:

Explore the data: More than 11,900 rulings against Trump in ICE cases (POLITICO) [access]
- Track court rulings relating to the US administration's mass detention policy. See also related article.

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