DIOCESAN DETENTION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
The Need
Detainees and their families in hundreds of communities across the country need legal
information and representation. The need greatly exceeds the ability of CLINIC and
other existing detention representation programs to assist them.
CLINIC's Response
CLINIC works with its member agencies nationwide to set up detention legal services
in their local communities, using models that address the particular needs of local
detainee populations and are sensitive to member agencies' individual capacities to
provide services.
At first glance, working with detainees seems overwhelming. So many detainees
need assistance, and local immigration service providers already have many demands
upon their time and resources.
CLINIC believes that every effort to assist detainees, no matter how modest, can
make a profound difference in the lives of individual noncitizens, their families and
their communities. It can also help to change the way that communities view
widespread detention of noncitizens.
CLINIC's National Programs Division seeks to help Catholic diocesan immigration
programs learn the needs of noncitizens detained in their localities. It works with the
diocesan programs to design high-quality legal-assistance programs that both
address detainee needs and are realistic given the time and resources available to the
diocesan programs.
These programs range from modest to substantial, and can involve:
• Assisting other nonprofit agencies by agreeing to periodically represent a few
particularly vulnerable detainees.
• Providing accurate and timely legal information to families of detainees who are
helping the detainees represent themselves in Immigration Court.
• Doing regular legal orientation programs in a detention center, or organizing pro bono
lawyers to represent particularly vulnerable detainees.
CLINIC provides member agencies with modest stipends to help fund detention
programs, as well as technical assistance in planning and operating the programs. In
the upcoming year, CLINIC will offer a more-direct technical-assistance and
networking program for legal workers in diocesan programs, with the goal of putting
into place a nationwide peer-assistance network where legal workers can assist
each other across programs.
The Need
Detainees and their families in hundreds of communities across the country need legal
information and representation. The need greatly exceeds the ability of CLINIC and
other existing detention representation programs to assist them.
CLINIC's Response
CLINIC works with its member agencies nationwide to set up detention legal services
in their local communities, using models that address the particular needs of local
detainee populations and are sensitive to member agencies' individual capacities to
provide services.
At first glance, working with detainees seems overwhelming. So many detainees
need assistance, and local immigration service providers already have many demands
upon their time and resources.
CLINIC believes that every effort to assist detainees, no matter how modest, can
make a profound difference in the lives of individual noncitizens, their families and
their communities. It can also help to change the way that communities view
widespread detention of noncitizens.
CLINIC's National Programs Division seeks to help Catholic diocesan immigration
programs learn the needs of noncitizens detained in their localities. It works with the
diocesan programs to design high-quality legal-assistance programs that both
address detainee needs and are realistic given the time and resources available to the
diocesan programs.
These programs range from modest to substantial, and can involve:
• Assisting other nonprofit agencies by agreeing to periodically represent a few
particularly vulnerable detainees.
• Providing accurate and timely legal information to families of detainees who are
helping the detainees represent themselves in Immigration Court.
• Doing regular legal orientation programs in a detention center, or organizing pro bono
lawyers to represent particularly vulnerable detainees.
CLINIC provides member agencies with modest stipends to help fund detention
programs, as well as technical assistance in planning and operating the programs. In
the upcoming year, CLINIC will offer a more-direct technical-assistance and
networking program for legal workers in diocesan programs, with the goal of putting
into place a nationwide peer-assistance network where legal workers can assist
each other across programs.
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NEW DETENTION RESOURCES
ACCCA Directory of Immigrant Detention
Facilities (pdf).
DWN map
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Immigration
detention centers change rapidly and
individual detainees can be moved without
warning, including to a remote or
out-of-state detention center. Call the
detention center before visiting to verify
that the immigrant you wish to visit is still
housed there. Bring a valid,
government-issued ID for clearance to
enter the detention center. Persons
without valid immigration documents
should never seek to visit a detention
center, nor try to post bond for an
immigration detainee.
ACCCA Directory of Immigrant Detention
Facilities (pdf).
DWN map
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Immigration
detention centers change rapidly and
individual detainees can be moved without
warning, including to a remote or
out-of-state detention center. Call the
detention center before visiting to verify
that the immigrant you wish to visit is still
housed there. Bring a valid,
government-issued ID for clearance to
enter the detention center. Persons
without valid immigration documents
should never seek to visit a detention
center, nor try to post bond for an
immigration detainee.