The Aggravated Pains of Deportation

At an immigration master calendar hearing it can take less than 15 minutes before the ‘deportation-decision’ is taken. In these 15 minutes demographical family ties can be cut forever. Some observations from within a San Francisco courtroom.

Maartje van der Woude • May 14, 2014 • 1 comment

Ride-Along Tales from the Tenderloin

Although aware of the great differences between policing big cities in the Netherlands and the United States, experiencing these differences in real life during a ride-along with the SFPD was more powerful than any article or book could describe.

Maartje van der Woude • April 09, 2014 • 3 comments

Homeless Tales from the Tenderloin

San Francisco is suing the state of Nevada for dumping its homeless mentally ill. While lawyers are battling, the mentally-ill homeless population is growing and shelters and outreach programmes are lacking. But there might be a better future ahead.

Maartje van der Woude • March 15, 2014 • 4 comments

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