Immigrants in Detention: Forgotten Victims of Prison Rape

Since January 2007, there have been 125 complaints of sexual abuse in immigration detention, and it is extremely likely that many more incidents have gone unreported. Fear of reprisal, lack of legal representation, and language and cultural barriers all make immigrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody less inclined to report abuse, and therefore allowing perpetrators to act with impunity. The report includes accounts of victims.