{"id":200,"date":"2023-09-08T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.232.64.53.nip.io\/berks\/?post_type=win&#038;p=200"},"modified":"2023-09-13T16:27:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T16:27:55","slug":"shut-down-berks-detention-center","status":"publish","type":"win","link":"https:\/\/pastandsup.org\/berks\/win\/shut-down-berks-detention-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Shut Down Berks Detention Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>2015-Present<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Until recently, the Berks County Residential Center was one such immigration prison operating in Pennsylvania. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For nearly a decade, immigrant leaders fought to expose the inhumanity and injustice of the BCRC, including its notorious history of abuse. On Dec. 1, 2022, immigrants and families formerly detained at the facility celebrated a historic victory. After years of local campaigning to close the detention center, ICE informed Berks officials that their contract with the county would be ending the following month. The community\u2019s rallying call to \u201cShut Down Berks\u201d had finally come to fruition.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BSU is working to change the building to a shelter for unhoused youth with support from current elected representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6a84c96343becefe757d4a79fa92d471\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.34st.com\/article\/2023\/01\/shut-down-berks-immigrant-prison-detention-center-coalition-migration-ice-facility\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-orange\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/3.232.64.53.nip.io\/berks\/about\/\">Join the housing committee<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":352,"template":"PASU Chapter - Wins","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","win","type-win","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shut Down Berks Detention Center - Berks Stands Up<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pastandsup.org\/berks\/win\/shut-down-berks-detention-center\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shut Down Berks Detention Center - Berks Stands Up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2015-Present Until recently, the Berks County Residential Center was one such immigration prison operating in Pennsylvania. 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