“Surveilled, Separated, Silenced: A Jail Visit with Asylum Seekers”

Today, for the first time after starting as a legal assistant at OCSILiO, I went to visit asylum seekers at the Seneca County Jail in Tiffin, Ohio, to talk with them and learn about their cases. Upon arriving at the jail, I immediately felt as though I was being watched. From the moment I entered through the moment I left, there was a clear sense of surveillance. A reception desk was hidden behind one-way mirrors. Cameras were visibly scattered across the ceiling. Everything was seen by faceless observers.