CNN on Family Detention feat. Immprof Denise Gilman

The fight over family detention centers  is a short (5:30) CNN report that could be used in class to spark conversation about family detention. It helpfully includes still shots of a family detention center (inside and out), closeups of ankle monitoring devices, and video from a community shelter for refugees.

Immprof Denise Gilman (UT) was interviewed by CNN and appears prominently in the video. In the written version of the report, she offers this excellent quote: “Under US asylum law, the way you seek refugee status is to come to the US… That is provided for in the law. That is not law breaking.” In the video, she argues that the current carceral setting is not appropriate for “traumatized women and children.”

I’ve got it flagged for my Spring class!

-KitJ