NIJC's report, Not Too Late for Reform, co-authored by the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, garnered national attention exposing the abuses in jails in the Midwest holding immigrants. The report calls for the closing of the three jails profiled, whose deplorable conditions mirror those in immigration detention facilities across the country.
Associated Press- republished by dozens of newspapers and news websites including the Chicago Tribune, Washington Examiner, and Fox News Latino: Immigration Detention Centers in Kentucky, Illinois Violate Rights, Report Says (12/12/2011)
Huffington Post: Immigrant Detention Centers In Illinois Cited In New Report For Human Rights Violations (12/12/2011)
Hoy: Abusos contra inmigrantes siguen en centros de detención, ICE los niega (12/12/2011)
International Business Times: Immigrant Detention Centers Represent 'Human Rights Crisis': Report (12/13/2011)
The Times of Northwest Indiana: Crete residents voice concerns over possible detention facility (12/13/2011)
ILW.com: Report: Obama Administration Breaks 2009 Promise by Failing to Address the Human Rights Crisis in Immigration Detention Facilities (12/15/2011)
Care2: Hunger and Cold Stalk Immigration Detainees in U.S. (12/21/2011)
National Public Radio, Telemundo, and Univision also covered the report.