One of the biggest immigration detention centers in the U.S. is hidden away in an isolated southwest Georgia county. Known for rampant human rights violations, Stewart Detention Center (SDC) is the deadliest immigration detention center in the U.S.
Down the street from SDC, there is hope. There is hospitality, there is love. There is El Refugio.
What we do
- Open our hospitality house every weekend to people visiting loved ones at SDC,
- Providing free meals and overnight accommodation, as well as friendship
- Visit people detained at SDC
- Advocate for the closure of SDC and the end of immigration detention
- Support people detained with commissary deposits, and bags of clothing for people facing deportation, among other support.
Volunteer with Us
Fill out volunteer interest Form
- Help out at our hospitality house, making sure guests feel comfortable and welcome
- Visit a person detained at SDC, letting them know they are not alone
- Answer our bilingual helpline
- Participate in the Day of the Dead, letter-writing circles, and other activities
- Host a gathering at your home, or elsewhere in the community
- Host a fundraising drive for El Refugio
Donate
- $30 A commissary or phone deposit for someone detained
- $25 A gas card for visiting families.
- $30 Send two books to someone detained.
- $45 Overnight lodging and food for one person in our hospitality house.
- $1,000 covers the cost of opening the hospitality house for a weekend