Allow Contact Visits at California Detention Center

Letters

People detained at the California City Detention Facility have collectively written letters to ICE and CoreCivic (the private prison corporation that operates the facility) urging them to allow contact visits so they can hug their loved ones.

Read them below.

Letter from dorm N100:

Letter from dorm M200:

Letter from dorm M300:

Letter from dorm M100:

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Hugs Beyond Bars is a collaboration between people detained at the California City Detention Center and the following organizations: California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ), California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance (CIYJA), Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI) and Rapid Response Network of Kern.