US Should End Solitary Confinement of Immigrants

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Guards prepare to escort an immigrant detainee from his 'segregation cell' back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility, Adelanto, California, on November 15, 2013. © 2013 John Moore/Getty Images Earlier this month, people being detained at California Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities began a labor and hunger strike to protest their conditions, including against the use of solitary confinement. Recent research documented the deep physical and psychological toll wrought by the use of solitary confinement…

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