%0 Report %D 2024 %T "Endless Nightmare": Torture and Inhuman Treatment in Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Detention %A Caroline Lee %A Sadlak, Natalie %A Brian Benitez %A Anand Chukka %A Felicia Caten-Raines %A Jiwon Kim %A Ennely Medina %A Sabrineh Ardalan %A Philip L. Torrey %A Katherine Peeler %X This report – a joint effort by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRCP), and researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS) – provides a detailed overview of how solitary confinement is being used by ICE across detention facilities in the United States, and its failure to adhere to its own policies, guidance, and directives. It is based on a comprehensive examination of data gathered from ICE and other agencies, including through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, first filed in 2017, and partly acquired after subsequent litigation. It is further enriched by interviews with 26 people who were formerly held in immigration facilities and experienced solitary confinement over the last 10 years. %B Physicians for Human Rights %G eng %U https://phr.org/our-work/resources/endless-nightmare-solitary-confinement-in-us-immigration-detention/ %0 Journal Article %J Health & Justice %D 2023 %T Individuals’ experiences in U.S. immigration detention during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic: major challenges and public health implications %A Caroline H. Lee %A Nishant Uppal %A Parsa Erfani %A Raquel Sofa Sandoval %A Kathyrn Hampton %A Ranit Mishori %A Katherine R Peeler %B Health & Justice %V 11 %G eng %U https://healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40352-023-00211-2.pdf %N 8 %0 Journal Article %J Healthcare %D 2022 %T International Medical Graduates and practice rates in underserved communities in Florida %A Nishant Uppal %A Elizabeth T Chin %A Caroline H Lee %A Parsa Erfani %A Katherine R Peeler %B Healthcare %V 10 %G eng %N 2 %0 Journal Article %J JAMA Network Open %D 2022 %T Trends in Decarceration, COVID-19 Cases, and SARS-CoV-2 Testing in US Immigration Detention Centers From September 2020 to August 2021 %A Nishant Uppal %A Elizabeth T. Chin %A Parsa Erfani %A Raquel Sofia Sandoval %A Caroline H. Lee %A Ranit Mishori %A Katherine R. Peeler %B JAMA Network Open %G eng %0 Journal Article %J American Journal of Public Health %D 2021 %T Alternatives to Detention: Immigration Reform Grounded in Public Health [editorial] %A Nishant Uppal %A Raquel Sofia Sandoval %A Parsa Erfani %A Ranit Mishori %A Katherine Peeler %B American Journal of Public Health %V 111 %P 1395-1397 %G eng %U https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306399 %N 8 %0 Journal Article %J JAMA %D 2021 %T COVID-19 Testing and Cases in Immigration Detention Centers, April-August 2020 %A Parsa Erfani %A Nishant Uppal %A Caroline Lee %A Ranit Mishori %A Katherine Peeler %X

Individuals detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) live in congregate settings and thus have a disproportionately high risk of contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To reduce spread of COVID-19, ICE published its Pandemic Response Requirements in April 2020. These requirements established social distancing and disinfection protocols, testing guidelines, and expedited detainee release. This analysis examined COVID-19 testing and cases per month among ICE detainees.

%B JAMA %G eng %U https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2772627 %0 Report %D 2021 %T Praying for Hand Soap and Masks: Health and Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Detention During the COVID-19 Pandemic %A Katherine Peeler %A Parsa Erfani %A Caroline Lee %A Nishant Uppal %A Kathryn Hampton %A Ranit Mishori %A Elsa Raker %X

Physical and psychological abuse and inadequate medical care have long been documented in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, where previous infectious disease outbreaks were poorly contained. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, it became clear that ICE’s continued negligence, coupled with the vast expansion of U.S. immigration detention, would likely lead to a public health disaster.

%B Physicians for Human Rights %G eng %U https://phr.org/our-work/resources/praying-for-hand-soap-and-masks/ %0 Journal Article %J AIMS Public Health %D 2021 %T Suicide rates of migrants in United States immigration detention (2010–2020) %A Parsa Erfani %A Elizabeth Chin %A Caroline Lee %A Nishant Uppal %A Katherine Peeler %X

We determined the annual suicide rate of migrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the past decade. We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of the annual suicide rates for ICE detainees from federal fiscal years (FY) 2010–2020. Death date and cause of death were directly extracted from publicly available ICE Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Library, ICE death reports, and ICE press releases. Annual suicide rates were calculated as suicides per 100,000 person-years and suicides per 100,000 admissions. From 2010–2019, the mean number of suicides per 100,000 person-years was 3.3 (standard deviation (SD): 2.6). In 2020, the suicide rate increased 5.3 times the prior 10-year average to 17.4 suicides per 100,000 person-years. When calculating suicide rate based on admissions per FY, the mean number of suicides from 2010–2019 per 100,000 admissions was 0.3 (SD: 0.3). In 2020, the suicide rate increased 11.0 times the prior 10-year average to 3.4 suicides per 100,000 admissions. In 2020, the detainee suicide rate increased substantially compared to the past decade. This may point to a worsening mental health crisis in ICE detention.

%B AIMS Public Health %V 8 %P 416-420 %G eng %U https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2021031 %N 3 %0 Web Page %D 2020 %T A Systematic Approach To Mitigate The Spread Of COVID-19 In Immigration Detention Facilities %A Parsa Erfani %A Caroline Lee %A Nishant Uppal %A Katherine Peeler %B Health Affairs %G eng %U https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200616.357449/full/