LEADER 04506nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910456419303321 005 20220202172752.0 010 $a0-520-93927-1 010 $a1-59734-461-3 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520939271 035 $a(CKB)111090529079618 035 $a(EBL)224242 035 $a(OCoLC)70721899 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102110 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11113741 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102110 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10049391 035 $a(PQKB)10904594 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224242 035 $a(DE-B1597)520590 035 $a(OCoLC)55538489 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520939271 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224242 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10057085 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090529079618 100 $a20031203d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican gulag$b[electronic resource] $einside U.S. immigration prisons /$fMark Dow 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. $cUniversity of California Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (429 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24669-1 311 $a0-520-23942-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aInvisibility, intimidation, and the INS -- September 11: secrecy, disruption, and continuity -- Another world, another nation: Miami's Krome Detention Center -- "Enforcement means you're brutal" -- The world's first private prison -- "Keeping quiet means deny" : a hunger strike in Queens -- The art of jailing -- "Criminal aliens" and criminal agents -- Siege, shackles, climate, design -- "Speak to every media" : resistance, repression, and the making of a prisoner -- Good and evil in New England -- Out West: philosophy and despair -- Dead time. 330 $aBefore September 11, 2001, few Americans had heard of immigration detention, but in fact a secret and repressive prison system run by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has existed in this country for more than two decades. In American Gulag, prisoners, jailers, and whistle-blowing federal officials come forward to describe the frightening reality inside these INS facilities. Journalist Mark Dow's on-the-ground reporting brings to light documented cases of illegal beatings and psychological torment, prolonged detention, racism, and inhumane conditions. Intelligent, impassioned, and unlike anything that has been written on the topic, this gripping work of investigative journalism should be read by all Americans. It is a book that will change the way we see our country. American Gulag takes us inside prisons such as the Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami, the Corrections Corporation of America's Houston Processing Center, and county jails around the country that profit from contracts to hold INS prisoners. It contains disturbing in-depth profiles of detainees, including Emmy Kutesa, a defector from the Ugandan army who was tortured and then escaped to the United States, where he was imprisoned in Queens, and then undertook a hunger strike in protest. To provide a framework for understanding stories like these, Dow gives a brief history of immigration laws and practices in the United States-including the repercussions of September 11 and present-day policies. His book reveals that current immigration detentions are best understood not as a well-intentioned response to terrorism but rather as part of the larger context of INS secrecy and excessive authority. American Gulag exposes the full story of a cruel prison system that is operating today with an astonishing lack of accountability. 517 3 $aInside U.S. immigration prisons 606 $aImmigrants$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aNoncitizen detention centers$zUnited States 606 $aHuman rights$zUnited States 606 $aEmigration and immigration law$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImmigrants$xGovernment policy 615 0$aNoncitizen detention centers 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law 676 $a365/.4 700 $aDow$b Mark$0887034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456419303321 996 $aAmerican gulag$91980858 997 $aUNINA