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Pinal County Jail makes list of 10 worst immigrant detention centers
By examiner.com
Published: 11/19/2012

ARIZONA - This week, Detention Watch Network, a coalition tasked with addressing the problems facing detained immigrants, issued a scathing report attacking what it calls the ten worst immigrant prisons in the United States. The group, consisting of immigrant advocates, community leaders, legal professionals, faith groups and individuals personally affected by immigrant detention, accused these ten facilities of violating the civil and human rights of those detained and urged President Obama to immediately shut them down. For many in Arizona who have been following the issue of immigrant detention, it comes as no surprise that one of these ten facilities judged irreparably inhumane is the Pinal County Jail in Florence.

In Detention Watch Network’s “Expose and Close” report on the Pinal County, Jail, the group documents an extensive history of the abuse of immigrants in the facility as well as a series of immigrant deaths. These abuses include sexual assault, substandard medical care, lack of due process and abysmal living conditions. The report highlights the fact that the treatment of immigrants in the Pinal County Jail is overwhelmingly punitive, while the facility is meant to be a non-punitive administrative holding center for individuals undergoing immigration proceedings. Those imprisoned in the facility have no access to the outdoors, almost never see sunlight and have extremely limited opportunities for exercise. Inmates have virtually no opportunities to visit loved ones face-to-face. The jail suffers from poor sanitation, and inmates lack access to hygiene items. Inmates report routine denial of prompt and effective medical care, especially affecting those needing mental health care. And most immigrants at the facility go to court without legal assistance.

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