A detainee at the Northwest Detention Center makes a phone call. Stays in the facility range from just a few hours to several years in rare cases. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.