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Mental health services lacking in immigration detention centers, California report finds


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SAN DIEGO, CA 1/12/2018: Luis Mora, A UC Berkeley student, originally from Columbia, who overstayed his visa, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on New Year’s Eve after his girlfriend made a wrong turn, ending up at a checkpoint in East County. He is currently in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Otay Mesa Detention Facility, awaiting a hearing. (Howard Lipin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The six federal immigration detention centers in California are not providing sufficient mental health services to people in custody, according to the California Department of Justice, which looked at confinement conditions at the sites.


Originally published at Teri Figueroa

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