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September 16, 2025Ethos

Care, complicity, and containment: Professionals’ experiences of moral injury working in US immigration detention centers

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LMLauren Medina

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Overview

Ethnographic study examines moral injury and coping strategies among professionals, indicating significant implications for care and advocacy in detention contexts.

Key Points

  • Professionals face moral injury while providing care in immigration detention, leading to burnout and trauma.
  • Ethnographic interviews revealed that tactics like moral numbing negatively affect both professionals and detainees' wellbeing.
  • Navigating moral injury demonstrates the complex relationship between care and systemic violence in detention environments.
  • Understanding moral dimensions of professionals’ experiences can inform targeted interventions to empower effective advocacy.

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Lauren Medina (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4566231b076d99fa5b61ahttps://doi.org/10.1111/etho.70022
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