NJ Detention Center Puts Immigrants in Solitary

Reports have surfaced about two immigrant detention centers in North Jersey where immigrants who yell or talk back are being placed in solitary confinement for days at a time.

Andrew Lyubarsky, a member of the NYU School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic who recently authored a report on harsh and unnecessary treatment at NJ detention centers, and Khalil Cumberbatch, a former detainee who saw how the box was used to intimidate detainees, discuss the confinement tactics being used today.

→ Read more: "23 Hours in the Box: Solitary Confinement in New Jersey Immigrant Detention," a report by Andrew Lyubarsky and others at NYU's School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic.

Cumberbatch (L) is a former immigrant detainee. Lyubarsky (R) says NJ centers are using unjust intimidation tactics. pic.twitter.com/0s9XdwOSaX

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