Detention Program
The right of legal representation is fundamental to our judicial system. However, there are no free public lawyers for immigration cases, unlike in our criminal system. Without legal advice, detainees, even those with U.S. citizen children and spouses, remain detained for months or years. Many have valid claims for release from detention and for remaining in the U.S., but do not understand their basic rights or have access to counsel.
PAIR counsels, advises, and represents over 300 non-citizen immigration detainees each year from over 65 countries. We give Know Your Rights Presentations (KYRs) to detainees inside the jails; provide legal materials and sample forms; distribute PAIR's Self-Help Manual; and make referrals to our Reduced Fee Panel for those with resources. PAIR has recently begun collaborating with Suffolk Law School Immigration Clinic and Southern New England Law School to provide more KYRs and increase pro bono representation.
Due to major changes in immigration law in 1996 and the events of September 11, 2001, the number of immigrants in detention is steadily growing. PAIR is committed to educating detainees and assisting those whose detention is unjustified. To learn more about this effort and how you can help, please contact Heather Friedman.
Detention and Removal Operations, Burlington Field Office: (781) 359-7500
DHS Immigration Detention Facilities in New England:
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Barnstable County Correctional Facility
6000 Sheriff's Place
Bourne, MA 02532
(508) 563-4418
Bristol County Correctional Facility
400 Faunce Corner Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
(508) 995-1311
Cumberland County Jail
50 County Way
Portland, ME 04102
(207) 724-5939
Essex County Correctional Facility
20 Manning Avenue
Middleton, MA 01949
(978) 750-1900
FMC Devens
P.O. Box 879
Ayer, MA 01432
(978) 796-1000
Franklin County Correctional Facility
160 Elm Street
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413) 774-4014 |
Hartford Correctional Center
177 Weston Street
Hartford, CT 06120
(860) 240-1800
Norfolk County
P.O. Box 149, 200 West Street
Dedham, MA 02027
(781) 329-3705
Plymouth County Correctional Facility
26 Long Pond Road
Plymouth, MA 02360
(508) 830-6240
Strafford County Department of Corrections
266 County Farm Road
Dover, New Hampshire 03820
(603) 742-3310
Suffolk County House of Corrections
20 Bradston Street
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 635-1000
Wyatt Detention Facility
580 Broad Street
Central Falls, RI 02863
(401) 729-1190 |
New Bedford Raid Response
PAIR is representing in-house and through pro bono counsel factory workers whose lives were turned upside down by the Immigration raid in New Bedford in March 2007. With the Robert J. Hildreth Fellowship, PAIR hired an attorney to represent New Bedford clients herself; recruit, train and mentor volunteer lawyers to represent other New Bedford clients; seek release on bond; draft model motions and other pleadings for submission in Immigration Court and in federal court; organize training sessions for pro bono attorneys; track the status of cases; and coordinate PAIR’s work with other local and national service providers responding to this crisis.
