Thursday, January 22, 2009

Continued Problems at Detention Centers

Report Faults Treatment of Women Held at Immigration Centers
New York Times

By DAN FROSCH
Published: January 20, 2009
Some 300 women held at immigration detention centers in Arizona face dangerous delays in health care and widespread mistreatment, according to a new study by the University of Arizona, the latest report to criticize conditions at such centers throughout the United States.

The study, which federal immigration officials criticized as narrow and unsubstantiated, was conducted from August 2007 to August 2008 by the Southwest Institute of Research on Women and the James E. Rogers College of Law, both at the University of Arizona. It was released Jan. 13.
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link to summary of reportReport on Women in Detention

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