This week, over 170 orgs sent a letter to the Biden admin demanding an end to all ICE detention contracts expiring in 2023.

Biden must act urgently to release people from detention, cut contracts & shut down facilities permanently. #CommunitiesNotCages #immigration #Biden #Detention #ImmigrationDetention
📨bit.ly/BidenEndContracts

"Simply put, people navigating their immigration case should be able to do so with their families freely in the community — not behind bars in immigration detention. Berks is now empty — let’s use this momentum to shut down all immigration prisons."

👏👏👏 #AbolishDetention #immigration #berkscounty #immigrationdetention #detention

https://truthout.org/articles/a-victory-for-abolitionists-ice-run-immigration-prison-shuts-down-today/

Berks County Detention Center is officially shut down! A movement win nearly a decade in the making, members of the #ShutDownBerks Coalition campaign reflect on the closure of Berks Detention Center in TruthOut.

Read for inspiration & motivation. #AbolishDetention #immigration #berkscounty #immigrationdetention #detention

https://truthout.org/articles/a-victory-for-abolitionists-ice-run-immigration-prison-shuts-down-today/

The Yuba Liberation Coalition (YLC) is thrilled to share that the Intergovernmental Services Agreement (IGSA) between ICE and Yuba County Jail will end! This means that ICE will finally cease using Yuba County Jail as a facility to detain individuals in federal immigration proceedings for the first time in twenty-eight years.  This marks an end to the last immigration detention contract with a California county!

https://www.ccijustice.org/post/breaking-last-ice-contract-with-a-california-county-jail-terminated

#YubaCountyJail #ICE #immigrationdetention #decarcerate

29 April
#CanaryUK
#BlackBritish boy's horrific story of #immigrationdetention while seeking #mentalhealth support

#BLM #BlackLivesMatter
The boy's mother has spoken about how her horror when her son went missing and was sent to a #deportationcentre

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2022/04/29/black-british-boys-horrific-story-of-immigration-detention-while-seeking-mental-health-support/