Multi-Disciplinary Argument for Recognition of Term: Immigration Detention-Industrial Complex and A Case for its Abolition

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Abstract: A case for the abolition of immigration detention centers in the United States using the framework of prison abolition studies. This paper presents an argument using evidence from legal, historical, psychological, and cultural perspectives across various mediums to acknowledge the institutionalization of an immigration detention-industrial complex modeled and proliferated along the better recognized prison-industrial complex. Research across academic disciplines reveal a disproportionate imprisonment of black and brown people in relation to population---residue of buried histories of racial violence that procreated structures to sustain and proliferate a punitive society post formal recognition of slavery. A critical understanding of the role race plays in law enforcement can inform development of new resources and institutions in tune with local communities’ specific needs to protect communities most persecuted by law enforcement efforts. An intercommunity accountability system phases out the need to cage adults and children to death.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 19, 2019

Author	Espinosa, Jasmin

Subject	immigration detention-industrial complex
Subject	prison-industrial complex
Subject	abolition
Subject	prison abolition
Subject	immigration
Subject	race
Subject	black
Subject	brown
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Center for Latin American Studies
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/gf941mt5115

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Preferred Citation: Espinosa, Jasmin. (2019). Multi-Disciplinary Argument for Recognition of Term: Immigration Detention-Industrial Complex and A Case for its Abolition. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/gf941mt5115

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