Freedom for Immigrants launched Project Keep Away, a hotline aimed at assisting incarcerated individuals facing the risk of being transferred to ICE upon their release from prison. This initiative addresses the prison-to-ICE detention pipeline, which affects approximately 1,500 individuals in California annually. The helpline operates Monday through Thursday and provides inmates with information on reducing the risk of ICE transfer and guidance on handling potential ICE detentions. The ICE hold begins prior to incarceration with arrests by law enforcement that enable ICE pickup upon sentence completion.
Freedom for Immigrants recently launched Project Keep Away, a first-of-its-kind hotline, in two California women's prisons to help incarcerated individuals at risk of ICE transfer.
About 70% of people in ICE custody were transferred directly from the carceral system, often the same day of their release after serving their sentence.
The hotline, called Project Keep Away, aims to provide information on reducing the likelihood of ICE transfer and advice for those who are detained.
The prison-to-ICE deportation pipeline begins before incarceration with local or state law enforcement arrests triggering an ICE hold.
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