Editorial Illustration
The Intercept ︎︎︎
The Intercept commissioned a cover illustration to highlight the Covid-19 crisis within the Arizona detention centers. The Intercept received handwritten notes from hundreds of immigrants and staff who had tested positive. Woman held at Eloy Detention Center, a private immigration prison in Arizona owned and operated by CoreCivic, began to write down what they were going through. The letter writers did so despite the threat of retaliation, because, they said, people had to know what was happening. “You can’t speak freely here,” one woman wrote.
The Intercept commissioned a cover illustration to highlight the Covid-19 crisis within the Arizona detention centers. The Intercept received handwritten notes from hundreds of immigrants and staff who had tested positive. Woman held at Eloy Detention Center, a private immigration prison in Arizona owned and operated by CoreCivic, began to write down what they were going through. The letter writers did so despite the threat of retaliation, because, they said, people had to know what was happening. “You can’t speak freely here,” one woman wrote.