Harmful by Design-a Qualitative Study of the Health Impacts of Immigration Detention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The USA has the largest immigration detention system in the world with over 20,000 individuals imprisoned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) daily. Numerous reports have documented human rights abuses in immigration detention, yet little is known about its health impacts.

Objective

To characterize how the US immigration detention system impacts health from the perspective of people who were recently detained by ICE.

Design

Qualitative study using anonymous, semi-structured phone interviews in English or Spanish conducted between July 2020 and February 2021.

Participants

Adults who had been detained by ICE for at least 30 days in the New York City metropolitan area within the previous 2 years, and that were fluent in English and/or Spanish.<

SUBMITTER: Diaz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9713141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature