Los registros muestran que las prisiones de California están reportando a ciudadanos estadounidenses al ICE, según la ACLU

An analysis of records reveals that the California Department of Corrections has systematically referred individuals, including U.S. citizens, to federal immigration agents based on discriminatory assumptions and by disregarding its own official records. This practice, driven by non-Anglo-Saxon names or incomplete data on place of birth, has resulted in the unlawful detention of citizens, demonstrating an institutionalized bias that prioritizes cooperation with ICE over respect for civil rights and data accuracy. Collaboration between the two agencies has created a system that deprives incarcerated individuals of opportunities for rehabilitation, social reintegration, and prison benefits, treating them as potentially deportable before their legal status is verified. Evidence shows that staff actively seek transfers, sometimes arbitrarily extending detentions beyond scheduled release dates, which contradicts the declared mission of the penal system to facilitate successful and fair reintegration. This article is crucial for the open data community because it exposes how inefficient and biased management of public data—such as birth and identity records—can have serious and anti-democratic consequences. It demonstrates that inaccuracies in open data or internal records, combined with opaque transfer processes, violate fundamental rights. Transparency and auditing of these data are essential to detect and correct administrative errors that discriminate against vulnerable populations and erode public trust.

Source: latimes.com
Published on 2023-09-01