Juan Manuel Fernandez-Ramos believes that everything said by a prisoner after 72 hours becomes a lie. Life in the IAH Polk Adult Detention Facility in Livingston, Texas, under Trump's anti-immigration policies, forces inmates to contemplate their imminent deportation and lost opportunities. Juan struggles with the potential loss of his belongings, home, job, and relationship with his girlfriend. Inmates experience a painfully slow passage of time in cell A1, where personal narratives become essential coping mechanisms, despite the pervasive environment of uncertainty and despair.
Juan Manuel Fernandez-Ramos believes that after 72 hours, everything a prisoner claims is a lie, illustrating the interplay of survival and deception in detention.
Life in the detention facility slows time to a standstill, with prisoners contemplating lost freedoms and their uncertain futures in a hostile immigration system.
Inmates express deep concern over their imminent deportation, reflecting on what they might lose: family connections, home, jobs, and futures in the United States.
The incarceration experience creates an environment rife with hopelessness, as Juan recounts his journey from Cuba and the dreams dashed by immigration enforcement.
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