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Day 1
[Edwidge Danticat]

Edwidge Danticat: Uncle's life before detention

Edwidge Danticat's uncle, Joseph Dantica, died in detention. Here, she describes his life before detention.

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[Edwidge Danticat]

Edwidge Danticat: Uncle's life before detention

Edwidge Danticat's uncle, Joseph Dantica, died in detention. Here, she describes what happened to her uncle after he came to the United States in 2004 and requested asylum.

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[Edwidge Danticat]

Edwidge Danticat: On America

Edwidge Danticat's uncle, Joseph Dantica, died in detention. Here, she talks about the importance of preventing what happened to her uncle from happening to someone else.

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[Francisco Castaneda]

Francisco Castaneda: Congressional Testimony

Francisco Castaneda testified before a House Judiciary Committee panel in Oct. 2007 about the conditions of his detention.

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Day 2
[Yong Harvill's Journal: Aug. 28, 2007]

Yong Harvill's Journal: Aug. 28, 2007

Yong Sun Harvill has kept a journal while a detainee ICE Detention Facility in Arizona. Her mother-in-law, Margaret Kersey, reads an entry from August 28, 2007.

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[Yong Harvill's Journal: Aug. 29, 2007]

Yong Harvill's Journal: Aug. 29, 2007

Margaret Kersey reads from Yong Harvill's journal.

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[Yong Harvill's Journal: Oct. 4, 2007]

Yong Harvill's Journal: Oct. 4, 2007

Margaret Kersey reads from Yong Harvill's journal.

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[Yong Harvill's Journal: Nov. 19, 2007]

Yong Harvill's Journal: Nov. 19, 2007

Margaret Kersey reads from Yong Harvill's journal.

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[Yong Harvill's Journal: Oct. 4, 2007]

Yong Harvill's Journal: Nov. 27, 2007

Margaret Kersey reads from Yong Harvill's journal.

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[Yong Harvill's Journal: Jan. 9, 2008]

Yong Harvill's Journal: Jan. 9, 2008

Margaret Kersey reads from Yong Harvill's journal.

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[Yong Harvill]

Yong Sun Harvill the Person

Margaret Kersey, Yong Harvill's mother-in-law, describes what kind of person Yong is.

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Day 4
[Michel Shango]

Michel Shango: On Deportation

Michel Shango said he fled Congo after working as a journalist there. In America, he married and had children, but did not win asylum. Listen to Shango talk about his deportation experience.

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[Michel Shango]

Michel Shango: Drug Effect

Michel Shango describes more of his deportation experience.

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Glossary

Glossary

Key terms and acronyms from the Careless Detention series.

Document Archive

Documents

Read the original government documents related to the people and cases detailed in this story.

Mapping Deaths at ICE Detention Facilities

Map of Facilities

Based on confidential medical records and other sources, The Washington Post identified 83 deaths of immigration detainees between March 2003, when the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was created, and March 2008.

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