The Marshall Project | Geoff Hing and Jill Castellano: “ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

King 5 | Sharon Yoo: “Video of ICE arrest in Olympia sparks concern over police data access” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

404 Media | Jason Koebler: “Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

NPR | Martin Kaste: “Some sanctuary states discover feds mining local license plate data” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

Seattle Times | Editorial Board: “ICE is checking law enforcement databases. WA has a law against that” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

Everett Herald | The Herald Editorial Board: “Law enforcement tool needs review, better controls” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

Yakima Herald | Editorial Board: “Police should protect the public, not the feds” cites UWCHR’s research on Flock surveillance systems exposing Washington state data to immigration enforcement agencies. Read the full article →

This report is part of a series regarding Human Rights Conditions at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, based on ongoing research efforts and released to highlight initial findings in the urgent context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contents: • Introduction • Background, Methodology, and Human Rights Standards • Sanitation of Food and Laundry •

Receiving the Benjamin Linder Fellowship this year has been a great honor that has allowed me to continue my work for the UW Center for Human Rights, researching human rights abuses during El Salvador’s civil war of 1980-1992. This work requires a huge level of organization—new documents and correspondence need organizing, new FOIA requests need

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