Report highlights the trauma that thousands of Texas families have experienced with family incarceration

With more than 200,000 people in Texas jails and prisons, and nearly half a million children in Texas who have experienced a parent getting locked up, a new national report highlighted something Texas families are well aware of: family incarceration leads to potentially devastating emotional and financial effects.

Half of American adults — 113 million people in the country — have had a family member incarcerated, according to the report, which was released Thursday by the bipartisan advocacy and policy organization FWD.us and Cornell University.

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Are More Than 10,000 Children in U.S. Detention Centers?

The Department of Health and Human Services announced that 10,773 unaccompanied immigrant children were indeed in detention facilities as of May 2018.

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Immigrant Kids Are Still Locked Up For Too Long In Poor Conditions, Judge Rules

The Trump administration is violating a court agreement by locking up immigrant children in poor conditions near the border and holding them for prolonged periods at family detention centers, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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Australians rally nationwide to voice anger at child abuse in detention centres

Hundreds of people rallied in cities across Australia calling for fundamental change over the treatment of children being held in juvenile detention centres. Protesters gathered to express shock and outrage at footage aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) which showed children being abused whilst in custody.

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Immigrant Mothers: Detention Center Harmful to Kids

Texas detention centers for families caught illegally crossing the southern U.S. border are more like jails that have sickened kids, affected their mental health and put them in danger, a group of immigrant mothers testified Friday.

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Judge orders Somali teen returned to foster family

A federal judge in Seattle has ordered immigration officials to release a Somali teenager who was taken from his Oregon foster family and placed in an adult detention center in Tacoma.

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Judge temporarily halts agency's effort to license family detention center as a childcare facility

The state's decision to grant a childcare license to a detention facility in Karnes City has prompted a legal battle between the state and a non-profit grassroots organization which won a temporary restraining order Wednesday halting licensing until a court appearance next week.

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Are immigrant children being detained in 'prison facilities'?

A Texas detention facility used to hold families caught illegally entering the United States through its southern border received a temporary residential child-care license from state authorities last week.

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Immigrant Families Sue to Stop Licensing Detention Centers for Child Care

Two immigrant mothers, detained with their children in a privately-run Texas lock-up, have filed suit to stop Texas from licensing two family detention centers as child care providers.

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