{"id":1399,"date":"2011-10-28T17:32:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T17:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/28\/voices-from-inside-detention\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:30:05","slug":"voices-from-inside-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/10\/28\/voices-from-inside-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices from Inside Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/597069785\/voices-from-inside-detention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/39cLRbpkeFj_-N3gtKwNyDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><br \/> &ldquo;We may be immigrants but we are still human beings. This is an experience I don&rsquo;t want anyone to go [through].&rdquo; This is just one excerpt from the hundreds of letters we receive at the Immigrants&rsquo; Rights Project.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/immigrants-rights\/voices-inside-detention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Show original<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; Liberties &ldquo;We may be immigrants but we are still human beings. This is an experience I don&rsquo;t want anyone to go [through].&rdquo; This is just one excerpt from the hundreds of letters we receive at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/10\/28\/voices-from-inside-detention\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":922,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/08\/06\/voluntary-work-program-run-in-private-detention\/","url_meta":{"origin":1399,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Voluntary&#8221; Work Program Run in Private Detention Centers Pays Detained Immigrants $1 a Day","author":"aslam","date":"August 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"See on Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties In private prisons around the country, immigrants languishing in detention centers are being put to work by profit-making companies like the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for far below the minimum wage.See on truth-out.org","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1630,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/06\/15\/human-rights-group-report-finds-detainee-transfers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1399,"position":1},"title":"Human Rights Group Report Finds Detainee Transfers Still Up","author":"aslam","date":"June 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesHuman Rights Watch found that immigrants in federal detention centers were often transferred multiple times, far from their families and advocates, prolonging their time in custody.Show original","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1388,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/05\/deportations-leave-behind-thousands-of-children-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":1399,"position":2},"title":"Deportations Leave Behind Thousands Of Children In Foster Care","author":"aslam","date":"November 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties An unprecedented increase in the deportation of undocumented immigrants has left an estimated 5,100 children languishing in U.S.Via www.huffingtonpost.com","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1002,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/06\/08\/dc-council-votes-to-limit-reach-of-federal\/","url_meta":{"origin":1399,"position":3},"title":"D.C. 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