The Yankah Project
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As an immigrant who has suffered racial injustice in America's criminal justice system, and held in 4 different neon approved ICE detention facilities for over a year without a criminal conviction because of an ICE detainer, I-CJ-T (Immigration and Criminal Justice in America Today) is a platform to write about my saga.
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/ https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ Progress Index; a daily newspaper in Petersburg, Virginia has been collaborating with Crime solvers of Chesterfield County/Colonial heights; a non profit organization to publish photographs, description details of persons as Wanted. Surprisingly, only a selected few are published by this newspaper and mostly people of color.See also https://i-cj-t.com/chesterfield-colonialheightscrimesolvers/ I ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/ https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ In the wake of the need for immigration reform that has become a national crisis and matter of great national interest and concern in America, Chesterfield County Sherriff’s Office declared their coperation with ICE ( Immigration and Custom Enforcement) agents as merely following the law.See also https://www.chesterfield.gov/788/Special-Message-from-the-Sheriff They have ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/, https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ Under the Trump administration , immigration and ICE ( Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has become a matter of national concern and great importance especially when he required ICE to be contacted when an immigrant is being released from custody. Chesterfield County has been detaining arrestees at the Chesterfield County ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/ https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ In retaliation to my discrimination and profiling complaint, Chesterfield County Police obtained warrants for my arrest and publicized me as A MOST WANTED CRIMINAL on Chesterfield/Colonial heights crime solvers website.Did you know that the total amount involved in the credit card accusation that made the MOST WANTED LIST with ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/ I was contacted by Officers from Chesterfield County Police to answer to accusations against me in relation to Ghanafest. During the conversation the officer made this statement ; ” You cannot just come to the United States to commit crimes”. The statement made me feel profiled, discriminated against and ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/ https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ When I was first arrested on a false charge i was incarcerated for about a week before my arraignment. After my arraignment,my preliminary/probable cause hearing was scheduled about 5 months away.After 6 months of incarceration, I notified the court that I had not served copies of warrant(s), indictment or ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/ https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ Progress Index; a daily newspaper in Petersburg, Virginia has been collaborating with Crime solvers of Chesterfield County/Colonial heights; a non profit organization to publish photographs, description details of persons as Wanted. Surprisingly, only a selected few are published by this newspaper and mostly people of color. https://i-cj-t.com/chesterfield-colonialheightscrimesolvers/ I am ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/ https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ I woke up one morning to check my commissary account whiles being held at Chesterfield County Jail and realised money was missing. I put in a request just to be informed other inmates had been using my account. By the time i was given this information, only one of ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/ https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ After i signed the extradition waiver, I had to wait about 28 days before Officers from the Commonwealth Of Virginia assumed Custody. I was sent to the Richmond City Justice Center where the magistrate denied me bail because I was extradited on a Governor’s warrant. Yes , a Governor’s ..read more
The Yankah Project
4y ago
Author : Lois Yankah https://www.facebook.com/ICJT2/, https://www.twitter.com/ICJT2/ In March 2019, Governor Northam vetoed a bill that would have required state and local enforcement and correctional agencies in the Commonwealth of Virginia to communicate with federal officials over the immigration status of their respective detainees and inmates asserting that it might instill fear in immigrant communities were ..read more