With detention outreach, BIG has worked with an attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza to provide biweekly immigration legal intakes to detained non-citizens at the Contra Costa County detention center. This task involved legal intake and issue spotting skills, as well as working with survivors of trauma. With the recent announcement of the closure of the Contra Costa County detention center, BIG is actively searching for a replacement project in the detention outreach or immigration detention intake space. Potential projects for the upcoming year include writing letters to detainees at immigration detention centers indicating whether Centro Legal de la Raza will be able to assist them in their cases, as well as detention outreach at another facility.
