American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons
Mark Dow
American Gulag takes us inside prisons such as the Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami, the Corrections Corporation of Americas Houston Processing Center, and county jails around the country that profit from contracts to hold INS prisoners. It contains disturbing in-depth profiles of detainees, including Emmy Kutesa, a defector from the Ugandan army who was tortured and then escaped to the United States, where he was imprisoned in Queens, and then undertook a hunger strike in protest. To provide a framework for understanding stories like these, Dow gives a brief history of immigration laws and practices in the United States—including the repercussions of September 11 and present-day policies. His book reveals that current immigration detentions are best understood not as a well-intentioned response to terrorism but rather as part of the larger context of INS secrecy and excessive authority.
Thể loại:
Năm:
2004
In lần thứ:
First Edition
Nhà xuát bản:
University of California Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
429
ISBN 10:
0520239423
ISBN 13:
9780520239425
File:
PDF, 10.25 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004