UW Daily | Vyom Raval: “Sexual abuse in privately operated ICE detention centers, digital prisons, and mass surveillance” cites UWCHR reports on conditions inside the Northwest Detention Center.  Read the full article →  

This spring quarter, the Benjamin Linder Fellowship has allowed me the opportunity to continue the research into the enforcement of the Keep Washington Working (KWW) and Courts Open To All (COTA) acts which UWCHR’s Immigrant Rights Observatory team began conducting in 2019. Their August 2021 report, Protecting Immigrant Rights: Is Washington’s Law Working?, analyzed the

Audacy | Dan Mennella: “Patriots team plane appears to have been used for ICE deportation flights” cites UWCHR”s “Abuses in the Air” report. Read the full article →

Capital & Main | Angelika Albaladejo “Sports Teams Fly on Same Private Jets Hired to Deport Immigrants” cites UWCHR’s “Abuses in the Air” report. Read the full article →

This report is part of a series of research reports by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights examining Immigration and Customs Enforcement Air Operations nationwide.  Download additional resources and one pagers: Haiti: Sports Travel & U.S. Deportation of Haitian Asylum-Seekers Syracuse University & Haitian Deportations Texas Universities & Haitian Deportations Introduction Every week,

KUOW | Kim Malcolm John O’Brien “UW report finds claims of sexual abuse at the NW Detention Center are not being investigated” cites UWCHR’s work researching conditions at the Northwest Detention Center.  Read the full article →

The Seattle Times | Seattle Times Editorial Board: “Sexual-abuse report underscores need to overhaul immigrant detention,” citing UWCHR research on conditions at the Northwest Detention Center and the reporting on sexual abuse at the facility. Read the full article →  

Prism Reports, María Inés Taracena: Men detained in Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, are protesting inhumane conditions, featuring UWCHR’s work monitoring conditions at the Northwest Detention Center.

Seattle Times, Paige Cornwall: Detainees at Northwest immigration detention center on hunger strike over COVID concerns, featuring UWCHR’s work monitoring conditions at the Northwest Detention Center.

The Patch, Charles Woodman: Though more than 60 sexual abuse allegations have been filed at the ICE detention center in Tacoma, few are fully investigated, featuring UWCHR’s reporting on conditions inside the Northwest Detention Center.