Healing California

One in five incarcerated women in the United States is Latina. For immigrant women, incarceration can bring additional hardships.

According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons, 20% of incarcerated youth are Latino.

Carlos Iván Mendoza Hernández was on his way to work when ICE agents stopped him and shot him at close range in an agricultural town in California. He survived, but his life and his family's have been shattered.