Policy Analysis - Solitary Confinement, Civilly Detained Individuals and Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
16-5-2021
End Date
22-5-2021
Keywords
Immigration, Solitary Confinement, Civil
Abstract
In the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers are for-profit and privately owned. Privately own detention centers are often affected by profit motives. In ICE detention centers, there are numerous allegations of abuse and unhygienic living conditions. Solitary confinement is a commonly used form of punishment in ICE detention centers, meant to be civil, not criminal. ICE personnel are not adequately trained on mental health and have placed detainees with mental illnesses in solitary confinement, resulting in devastating consequences to both government, institutions, and individuals. The use of solitary confinement on civilly detained individuals has led to controversy concerning the appropriateness of solitary confinement as a form of punishment in civil detention centers and the Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment in the United States Constitution. Hunger strikes and, unfortunately, deaths have occurred from the amount of abuse and inadequate living conditions that detainees have been subjected to in ICE detention centers. By analyzing the ICE “Placement in Solitary Confinement” policy and the implementation of solitary confinement within ICE detention centers, it is possible to learn more about policy effects on both an institutional and an individual level. This policy analysis provides a secondary analysis review of the discretionary use of solitary confinement in ICE detention centers, the effects of solitary confinement, and alternative solutions to the existing policy. Winner, Brooks Library reSOURCE Award.
Recommended Citation
Cebreros, Jannice, "Policy Analysis - Solitary Confinement, Civilly Detained Individuals and Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement" (2021). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 62.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2021/COTS/62
Department/Program
Law and Justice
Additional Mentoring Department
https://cwu.studentopportunitycenter.com/policy-analysis-solitary-confinement-civilly-detained-individuals-and-bureau-of-immigration-and-customs-enforcement/
Policy Analysis - Solitary Confinement, Civilly Detained Individuals and Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Ellensburg
In the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers are for-profit and privately owned. Privately own detention centers are often affected by profit motives. In ICE detention centers, there are numerous allegations of abuse and unhygienic living conditions. Solitary confinement is a commonly used form of punishment in ICE detention centers, meant to be civil, not criminal. ICE personnel are not adequately trained on mental health and have placed detainees with mental illnesses in solitary confinement, resulting in devastating consequences to both government, institutions, and individuals. The use of solitary confinement on civilly detained individuals has led to controversy concerning the appropriateness of solitary confinement as a form of punishment in civil detention centers and the Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment in the United States Constitution. Hunger strikes and, unfortunately, deaths have occurred from the amount of abuse and inadequate living conditions that detainees have been subjected to in ICE detention centers. By analyzing the ICE “Placement in Solitary Confinement” policy and the implementation of solitary confinement within ICE detention centers, it is possible to learn more about policy effects on both an institutional and an individual level. This policy analysis provides a secondary analysis review of the discretionary use of solitary confinement in ICE detention centers, the effects of solitary confinement, and alternative solutions to the existing policy. Winner, Brooks Library reSOURCE Award.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2021/COTS/62
Faculty Mentor(s)
Christine Henderson