Articles by Tina Vasquez

In Search of Justice: How DHS PREA Standards Don’t Necessarily Protect Immigrants From Assault

Loaded on March 15, 2019 by Tina Vasquez

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Immigration. Locations: Texas, United States of America.

by Tina Vasquez, Rewire.News, March 13, 2019

This is the second article in a two-part series. Read the first article in the series here.

Trying to understand the systems in place intended to protect immigrants in federal custody from sexual abuse is like navigating a maze, and ...

In Search of Safety: An Investigation of Abuse at an Immigration Facility

Loaded on March 15, 2019 by Tina Vasquez

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Immigration. Locations: Texas, United States of America.

by Tina Vasquez, Rewire.News, March 8, 2019

Over a ten-month period, Rewire.News partnered with Latino USA to dig into the case of one woman’s alleged sexual abuse. What we learned through a FOIA request raised questions about internal investigations at immigration facilities and the safety of thousands of detained ...