NYLPI’S MEDICAL PROVIDER NETWORK & ALLIES SEND OPEN LETTER TO I.C.E. ADVOCATING FOR THE RELEASE OF PEOPLE FROM IMMIGRATION DETENTION TO HELP STOP SPREAD OF COVID-19
March 19, 2020
NYLPI has documented the ongoing human rights crisis in immigration detention facilities. Individuals and families are being forced to live in deplorable conditions and receive abysmal healthcare. Due to the subpar conditions of these facilities, espec …
WNYC quotes NYLPI: ICE Detainees In Newark Allege Poor Medical Care And Mistreatment
January 28, 2020
WNYC and Gothamist cited NYLPI’s work in covering substandard medical care at Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in the New York/New Jersey area. They also quoted NYLPI’s Kari …
Longtime New Yorker Files Civil Rights Lawsuit over Injuries Resulting from Inadequate Healthcare in ICE Detention
January 23, 2020
January 23, 2020 — Longtime New Yorker Geurys Sosa, originally from the Dominican Republic, has filed a lawsuit against Hudson County and those responsible for his medical care while he was confined to immigration detention at Hudson County Correctiona …
USA Today investigation of immigration detention facilities cites NYLPI’s groundbreaking work
December 20, 2019
An in-depth investigation by USA Today into abuses at immigration detention facilities across the country cited NYLPI’s groundbreaking work and quoted NYLPI Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg. The questionable medical conditions inside ICE facilities insp …
ICE and Local Officials Pay $1.725M after “Discharging and Dumping” Immigrants With Mental Health Diagnoses
November 20, 2019
New York, NY, November 2019—After two major wins on behalf of clients with mental illness who were “discharged and dumped” from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention onto New York’s streets without plans for their ongoing mental health ne …
NYLPI Trains Lawyers Across America About Medical Rights For People in Immigration Detention
October 21, 2019
NYLPI Director of Health Justice Laura Redman is presenting tomorrow about “Championing the Rights of People with Serious Medical Needs in Immigration Detention”, for the largest provider of trainings to lawyers in the United States. The training, orga …