Fusion said that every night there is over 300 people that are in solitary confinement in ICE custody this includes trans detainees. Most of the people put in solitary confinement is to punish them for disobedience in this case for these transgender women is to ‘protect’ them. Solitary confinement should be the last resort even though that is usually not the case. Clemente Lee of Immigration Equality expressed that solitary confinement is really torture for these women to the point that they plead to be sent back to their own country. Lee explained that they prefer to experience the abuse at home than being in these detention facilities. A detention facility should not be a torturing place especially because they are not in prison. They are just making time for coming to this country the country that was supposed to save them from all that torture.

           Juan E Mendez states that solitary confinement that exceeds more than fifteen days should be banned. There are several studies such as the “Do You See How Much I’m Suffering Here?”Abuse against Transgender Women in US Immigration Detention show that being solitary too long can lead to mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. Usually, when these women come out from this solitary confinement they experience a huge trauma. I believe that we are meant to socialize and putting these women that have done nothing to deserve being put in solitary confinement is wrong. Also, there have been some cases where these women are just put in there because of who they are. They are also placed in there for a long period of time usually for days. This is considered a type of abuse because they basically leave them to themselves until they turn crazy or start developing other illnesses.  

 Citing page 

Costantini, Cristina, et al. “Why Are Transgender Women Locked up with Men in the Immigration System?” Trans Asylum Seekers Face Appalling Treatment in Immigration Detention, 2014, interactive.fusion.net/trans/.