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A new report shows DHS detained as many as 1,366 immigrant children for at least three days in adult detention centers between 2008 and 2012. (Dprippa)
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) has determined through a 2010 FOIA request that from 2008 to 2012 the Department of Homeland Security has maintained a practice of detaining children in adult detention facilities.
NIJC determined that from 2008-2010 children under the age of 18 were cumulatively held for a total of 36,598 days in 30 different adult detention centers. Four children were detained between 1,000 and 3,600 days, with one child being held for a decade after being detained at the age of 15.
It is believed this data has been under-reported, however, so there is no way of knowing how many undocumented children are actually being caged nationwide.
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