Sumayyah Waheed

A Legal Case for Ending Mandatory Detention
posted on DECEMBER 05, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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An interview about immigration detention with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.

TAGS: immigration detention, mandatory detention, private prisons
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The Vote My Mom Didn’t Cast
posted on NOVEMBER 08, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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Long lines and poll worker mistakes disenfranchished some Americans this election day.

TAGS: voter suppression, voting rights
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Middle of Nowhere- Film Review
posted on OCTOBER 12, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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A new film explores the impact of incarceration on the loved ones of those locked up.

TAGS: Middle of Nowhere, Books Not Bars
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Raining death from the sky
posted on SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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A new report indicates that drones are not as precise or as strategic as we are often told.

TAGS: drones, war
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Raining death from the sky
posted on SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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A new report indicates that drones are not as precise or as strategic as we are often told.

TAGS: drones, war
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Books Not Bars Mother Pepper Sprayed at Ventura
posted on AUGUST 17, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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When Alma Barillas last visited her son at Ventura youth prison, she didn't expect to be pepper sprayed by guards. But that's exactly what happened.

TAGS: Books Not Bars, pepper spray, Ventura Youth Prison, djj
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Alfonso’s Dream Deferred
posted on AUGUST 06, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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The story of Alfonso, another DREAMer who needs help and who happens to be the fiance of a former Heal the Streets Intern.

TAGS: DREAM act, undocumented immigrants
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The horror.
posted on JUNE 21, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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Sumayyah recaps this week's historic Federal hearing on solitary confinement.

TAGS: Books Not Bars, solitary confinement, mass incarceration
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First-ever Congressional hearing on solitary confinement in the U.S.
posted on JUNE 18, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights will hold the first-ever Congressional hearing on solitary confinement in the U.S on 6/19/12. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights submitted testimony on solitary confinement of youth.

TAGS: solitary confinement
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Know Time Adds. End Time Adds
posted on JUNE 14, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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    For years, we’ve fought to end the practice of time adds at DJJ, and now California has another opportunity to do the right thing. 

TAGS: youth prisons
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