I am interested to know what your experience was like in the "voluntary work program" at Batavia Detention center. If you're willing to share, I would love to learn more about your experience. Thanks for reading!

The Batavia Immigration Program provides universal representation to people detained at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, NY. This project is funded by the New York State Office of New Americans and was formerly known as the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP). This is a “public defender” style program for all financially eligible detained people who do not otherwise have an attorney and are facing deportation. My opinion is that ANY work program for inmates is a good thing. Working gives an inmate some purpose and it occupies their time while others not in the program have long days of boredom and sadness.