Brianna Nofil

@BNofil

history prof @williamandmary; THE MIGRANT'S JAIL: An American History of Mass Incarceration, out now from @PrincetonUPress

Richmond, VA briannanofil.com Joined November 2015

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Brianna Nofil @BNofil Oct 22, 2024

My book is out today! It's a history of mass incarceration and deportation told through the stories of migrants in American jails. I am really proud of it and would love to talk about it with students, colleagues, lawyers, activists, anyone!

amazon.com/Migrants-Jail-…

Brianna Nofil @BNofil Sep 23

William & Mary is hiring an assistant prof of Modern African American history! I have found this to be a great place to be a jr faculty member—terrific students, colleagues, & public education. (And we graduate 100+ history majors a year!)

careers.historians.org/jobs/22598618/…

Brianna Nofil @BNofil Apr 14

DC! On Thurs. April 30, I'm doing an event on the past and future of immigration detention with @AmicaCenter. It's free and open to the public!

Brianna Nofil @BNofil Sep 19, 2025

I got to talk to @npr about sheriffs, jails, and all the ways people have made money from locking up migrants. (Featuring many stories from my book!)

npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-…

www.npr.org The Business of Migrant Detention : Throughline The U.S. immigration detention system is spread out across federal facilities, private prisons, state prisons, and county jails. It’s grown under both Democratic and Republican presidents. And it’s...

Brianna Nofil @BNofil Aug 15, 2025

V glad to talk to @MLNow about the San Francisco office building that has been quietly detaining immigrants since WWII.

missionlocal.org/2025/08/ice-hq…

missionlocal.org ICE HQ in S.F.’s Financial District has 80-year history of detaining immigrants Decades ago, 630 Sansome St. was called a San Francisco "skyscraper concentration camp." It is still in use today.