9 Problems With Detaining Refugee Mothers And Children
In the past nine months, more than 66,000 mothers and children fled violence in Central America and came to the United States seeking safety. In a hasty response, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opened or expanded three detention centers with plans to open a fourth, including facilities run by GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)—for-profit, private prison corporations with troubling human rights records. Detaining mothers and children is costly for taxpayers and threatens American values of due process and family welfare. Incarcerating mothers and children who have escaped violence is a shameful response to a humanitarian crisis.
