NJ Detention Center Puts Immigrants in Solitary

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 14, 2015

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.

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