JOINT PRESS RELEASE Advocacy Groups Call for Permanent Closure of Folkston Detention Center ⬇️ Download the Full Press Release (and link in bio): bit.ly/FOLNO26 A newly reported death at Georgia’s Folkston Detention Center, coupled with ongoing hunger strikes, has intensified calls from advocacy groups for the immediate and permanent closure of the ICE detention facility. * Detention is deadly. People in immigrant detention are describing it as ‘hell on earth’ because it is. We are deeply saddened and equally enraged over the death of Luis Sandoval at the Folkston Detention Center in Georgia. In immigrant detention, deprivation of freedom, isolation, uncertainty, and abysmal conditions, including inadequate medical care and mental health services, are a lethal combination that puts lives in jeopardy. People are dying in ICE detention at a record-breaking rate. Join groups on November 1 in Atlanta from 12:00 to 5:00 pm at the Oakland Cemetery to honor and remember lives lost at the hands of ICE, including Mr. Sandoval and demand to #shutdownfolkston and all Georgia detention centers. Follow and support the work of the #ShutDownFIPC Campaign. @shutdownfipc #EndDetention #AbolishICE #ShutDownFIPC