No Shelter
A media project exploring the detention of migrant children in the United States and the struggle to end it.
No Shelter
A media project exploring the detention of migrant children in the United States and the struggle to end it.
about
The Project
Detention is a Crisis
Detention in Numbers
"No Shelter" explores how the detention of migrant children has been rebranded as Shelter, Care and Service provision. The films are made in collaboration with survivors, whistleblowers and activists who are struggling to dismantle all forms of incarceration and to envision real systems of care.
Detention in Numbers
Detention is a Crisis
Detention in Numbers
Since 2003, over 340,000 migrant children have been detained in the United States in a network of over 100 secret facilities, distributed around the United States and often situated in residential neighborhoods. It is a lucrative market, receiving over $1 Billion per year in federal funding
Detention is a Crisis
Detention is a Crisis
Detention is a Crisis
One of the facilities in Chicago, operated by Heartland Alliance, was the site of the first large-scale COVID breakout in a detention facility in the US. A year later, a series of instances of self-harm , attempted suicide and escape attempts were reported in the news. These facilities are in perpetual crisis, because the system of detention is the crisis.
Free Them All
Detention is a Crisis
Detention is a Crisis
We believe media can be vehicle for mobilizing imagination, expanding what is thinkable and moving us into action - but only if it is linked with struggle. We are committed to dismantling the system of migrant child detention, and the total abolition of prisons and borders, regardess of how humanitarian they might claim to be.
The project was generously supported by the Chicago Filmmakers Digital Media Production Fund