
Fernanda Herrera Spieler
Host: Resilience Force
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works Text-to-Give
Current Fellow
Jenny coordinates a medical-legal partnership to improve health and legal outcomes for medically vulnerable women and gender minorities in immigration detention in Aurora, Colorado.
While the conditions at immigration detention facilities are difficult for everyone, they can be particularly devastating for gender minorities and women: domestic and sexual violence survivors face the physical and mental effects of their trauma with limited support, transgender people contend with extended periods of damaging solitary confinement, and pregnant individuals struggle to access adequate prenatal care. Not only do detention conditions affect health, but health concerns aggravated by incarceration prevent women and gender minorities from successfully advocating for themselves in their immigration cases.
Jenny coordinates a medical-legal partnership to improve health and legal outcomes for medically vulnerable women and gender minorities in immigration detention in Aurora, Colorado.
In the first year of the Fellowship, Jenny has:
In the next year, Jenny plans to:
A deep look inside Aurora’s ICE Detention Center
The Bridge Between Medical and Legal Immigrant Assistance
Access to health and legal professionals can make all the difference in a person’s life. Access can mean better health care, reunification with family and friends, and a new life in the United States free from persecution.
Jenny Regier /
2020 Equal Justice Works Fellow
Host: Resilience Force
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works Text-to-Give
Current Fellow
Host: Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
Sponsor: 3M Company, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Current Fellow
Host: Equal Justice Center
Sponsor: Texas Access to Justice Foundation
Host: Legal Council for Health Justice
Sponsor: Baker McKenzie, Walgreen Company