Trends in Sexual Assault Against Detainees in US Immigration Detention Centers, 2018-2022

Nicole Lue; Joseph Nwadiuko; Parveen Parmar; Amy Zeidan

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.22938

Trends in Sexual Assault Against Detainees in US Immigration Detention Centers, 2018-2022

JAMA. 2023 Jan 24;329(4):338-339. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.22938.

Authors

Nicole Lue¹, Joseph Nwadiuko², Parveen Parmar³, Amy Zeidan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study examines sexual assault allegations perpetrated against individuals detained across US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities from 2018 to 2022.

MeSH terms

Emigration and Immigration* / statistics & numerical data
Emigration and Immigration* / trends
Jails* / statistics & numerical data
Sex Offenses* / statistics & numerical data
Sex Offenses* / trends
United States / epidemiology