Good Week for Immigration Detention Reform

by: kwilkinson

Tue Oct 06, 2009 at 03:07:37 PM EDT

"We're done. I told them to come get the computers."  Framingham Police Chief Steve Carl

"It doesn't benefit the police department to engage in deportation and immigration enforcement,"

And now today's news, announcing reforms of ICE detention, Nina Bernstein's story and release of Dora Schriro's Report and Recommendations on detention reform.

Topped off by the new rules for Maricopa County making Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Phoenix, "furious," HuffPo.  Though this only covers the cops in the street, so they are still detaining people who come into the county jail.

Gives one hope for change.  In the meantime, I'd love for them to make it easier for those of us in our Middlesex visitors program to find the guys we were visiting who are now dispersed to Monmouth, Hudson and Essex jails. And I'm hearing that in Essex, you can wait for 3 hours and not even get the 15 minute visit!