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Prison Sexual Assault Reforms Won't Cover Immigrant Detention Centers

posted: April 3, 2011

Michelle Brané, Director for the Women's Refugee Commission's Detention and Asylum program, is quoted in Elise Foley's Huffington Post article, "Prison Sexual Assault Reforms Won't Cover Immigrant Detention Centers":

"'Immigration detainees are particularly vulnerable to sexual assault because their jailer is also making a decision about deporting them,' said Brané, whose advocacy group is housed within the International Rescue Committee. 'That makes it that much more difficult for someone to say something.'"