At the Movies: Immigrant Prisons • BRAVE NEW FILMS
Each year, the U.S. government locks up roughly 440,000 immigrants in over 200 immigration detention centers. In the new short documentary Immigrant Prisons, Brave New Films explores conditions inside these prisons and reveals substandard medical care, widespread physical and sexual abuse and virtual slave labor working conditions. The film shows how major corporations are profiting off the misery of immigrants and the ways in which grassroots activists are fighting back.
For more background on the film and issue of immigrant detention, see this blog post by filmmaker Robert Greenwald, founder and president of Brave New Films: Immigrant Prisons — 440,000 Locked Up Each Year, Billions In Profit
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