Incarcerated, Then Deported: A Latina’s Journey Through the Prison System

One in five incarcerated women in the United States is Latina. For immigrant women, incarceration can bring additional hardships, including language barriers, a lack of interpreters, and reports of abuse by correctional officers. What is life like for immigrant women behind bars? What challenges do Latinas face in prison? And what options do they have to report abuse and defend their rights?

This special report was produced through the Ethnic Media Collaborative, with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.