mlivenews Sanan Atou 43, says he was held in solitary confinement for roughly three weeks in January during his detention at North Lake Processing Center, a large immigration facility in Northern Michigan. He says a vent did little to heat the corner isolation cell as the cold seeped through two exterior walls of the former Baldwin prison. “I felt like I was going to freeze to death,” Atou said. “I didn’t know if I was going to wake up.” As immigration detention has swelled under President Donald Trump’s administration, data shows that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increasingly been using solitary confinement – a practice that experts say causes mental, physical and psychological harm. Read more with the link in our bio. View all 332 comments