Piece #14 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016 series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter:…
Piece #13 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: "“I…
Piece #12 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: “I…
Piece #11 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: “I…
Piece #10 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: “There…
Piece #9 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: “The…
Piece #8 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: "Since…
My final piece from the#VisionsFromTheInside2016 series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter:…
Piece #6 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016 series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: “Dealing…
Piece #5 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: “I…
Piece #4 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016 series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter:…
Piece #3 from our #VisionsFromTheInside2016series, a collaborative project between visual artists and immigrants facing the for-profit detention monster. To view complete series, please visit: bit.ly/csvisions Excerpt from detainee's letter: “To…
Artist statement: “My letter is from a Salvadorean detainee who has been living in the US for 34 years and is been detained for something he did when he was…
Artist statement: “Working on this piece was truly enlightening. To read Mr. Vaz’s words about his experience — with the context and understanding that his voice is just one among…
The visionary art collaboration between EndFamilyDetention.com and Culture Strike organization which features artistic depictions of letters written by imprisoned mothers and children at the Karnes concentration camp are now on…
“I dream of getting out of this place…to be able to study one day…to have a better future for my life.”
“I am afraid that if I stay in this center something could happen to me or my daughter because ICE tries to cover up everything and all news that happen here.”
As originally posted on Visions From The Inside “Our great fear is that they will deport us without giving us any notice and without us having any communication with our…
As originally posted on Visions From The Inside “We are not a threat for this country, all I want is refuge in this country for my children and for me.”…
“The water has bleach in it, and I don’t have money to buy water from the store.”
“My son’s first birthday was here. I would like to get out of here. I’ve been here for a long time. I would like you to help us get out.”
“They are thinking of making this place much bigger, and for what? To hold more immigrant families, because they want to keep more people in these precarious conditions.”
As originally posted on Visions From The Inside “The times they offer us food is scarce and the best food there is to eat is in the commissary.” -Excerpt from…
“I am trusting my God who will quickly end this nightmare.”
As originally posted on Visions From The Inside “There are some workers at this detentions center who think poorly of immigrants. We are also human beings, just as they are,…
“I hope that you get out of there soon, don’t worry and don’t lose faith that God will make it up to you, always pray to Him that He give you strength to continue moving forward.” -Excerpt from letter
“I do not think it is fair to see my son incarcerated here when he could be free…”
“When I got here they initially told me that I didn’t have a right to anything because of my deportations.”
“They go through our drawers just like a prisoner. Sometimes they treat us with kindness, but other times they don’t treat us well due to the fact that some are…
“We need the help of all of you because we feel depressed and forgotten in this place.”- Excerpt from letter LINK TO LETTER: https://endfamilydetention.com/a-letter-from-melisa/ ARTIST STATEMENT: “I chose images of…