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September 1998
Vol. 10, No. 1 (G)

UNITED STATES

LOCKED AWAY:
IMMIGRATION DETAINEES IN JAILS IN THE UNITED STATES

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LETTERS FROM DETAINEES

I. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Detailed Recommendations
  • To the INS
  • To the U.S. Congress
  • To the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
  • To the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the U.N. Human Rights Commission
  • To the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • To the Organization of American States (OAS):
  • II. INTRODUCTION
  • Current Legislation
  • INS Detention System
  • Lack of Uniform Standards
  • Contracting with Local Facilities
  • Monitoring Local Jails
  • Tension in the System
  • Alternatives to Detention
  • III. LEGAL STANDARDS
  • International Standards
  • The Special Situation of Asylum Seekers
  • Limited Circumstances in which Refugees May Be Detained
  • Additional Rights of Asylum Seekers in Detention
  • United States Law and Policy
  • Due Process Rights of Immigrants
  • Recent Changes to U.S. Immigration Laws
  • Expedited Removal and Asylum Seekers
  • Detention Conditions
  • IV. FINDINGS
  • List of Local Jails Investigated
  • Human Rights Watch Access
  • Commingling INS Detainees with Local Jail Populations
  • Living Conditions
  • Recreation/Exercise
  • Food
  • Clothes/Lack of Supplies
  • Educational Programs/Activities
  • Property
  • Language
  • Communication with the Outside World
  • Medical Care
  • Prompt Attention to Medical Needs
  • Payment for Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Dental Care
  • Mental Health Care
  • Legal Representation
  • Communication with Legal Counsel
  • Visitation by Legal Representatives
  • Legal Materials/Law Library
  • Use of Disciplinary Sanctions
  • Inmate Grievance Procedures
  • Notice of Rights/Inmate Handbooks
  • Physical Mistreatment
  • Pike County Jail, Pennsylvania
  • Tensas Parish Detention Center, Louisiana
  • Avoyelles Parish Prison, Marksville, Louisiana
  • Length of Detention
  • Frequent Transfers
  • Indefinite Detainees
  • Alternatives to Long-Term Detention
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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