Detained and Dismissed: Women's Struggles to Obtain Health Care in United States Immigration Detention

This report is based primarily on interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch in the United States in 2008 with individuals possessing direct knowledge of the medical care provided to women in immigration detention. In these interviews and visits to nine detention facilities, Human Rights Watch investigated care for a range of women’s health concerns and collected information regarding each type of facility where US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies govern health care.
Detained and Dismissed: Women's Struggles to Obtain Health Care in United States Immigration Detention