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The jail has “a long history of serious deficiencies,” ICE said in a news release Friday
In addition to $17.3M for immigrant detainee back pay, the private prison company owes Washington state nearly $6M
“Immigrants held in GEO’s for-profit facilities are not criminals and should not be beholden to enriching the corporation’s bottom line,” said an attorney
They came one vote short of passing a ban on ICE officers and a ban on honoring ICE “holds” on inmates
The lawsuit alleged that the Sheriff’s Department routinely held people in jail for days, weeks or even months beyond the dates of their release
Under the ruling, at least four immigration detention centers with the capacity to house approximately 5,000 people would be phased out over the coming years
In addition to allegations of nonconsensual gynecological procedures, lawmakers recounted stories of extreme unsanitary conditions
The allegations against the doctor were first revealed in a complaint filed last week by a nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center
Some COs will be trained and deputized, giving them the authority to investigate and detain inmates for their immigration status
The women’s lack of consent or knowledge raises severe legal and ethical issues, lawyers and medical experts said
A nurse claims a gynecologist, who she called the “uterus collector,” was performing “mass hysterectomies”
The filed complaint includes questions surrounding hysterectomies, shredded medical records and refusals to test detainees for COVID-19
A judge faulted the detention complex in Farmville for an outbreak that affected more than 90% of the center’s nearly 300 detainees
The Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Office said detainees “were upset about having no electricity and running water” and “damaged their dormitory in protest”
The infections are at the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, which has so far seen a total of 356 cases
The judge agreed to a request from lawyers of inmates who filed a lawsuit over conditions to allow a medical expert to conduct an inspection of the facility
GEO and CoreCivic recently agreed to long-term contracts with the Trump administration for several immigration detention centers in Texas and California
The grievance chronicled three instances in which detainees said immigration officials retaliated against them
A resident of Ionia, Michigan, who opposes the proposal for a new immigrant prison, said he’s worried the prison will hurt the city’s image
Roughly half of the detainees that were transferred from the Krome Detention Center to Broward Transitional Center tested positive for COVID-19
A filed complaint says detainees are being denied protective gear, cleaning supplies and adequate space to observe social distancing
U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III called for an investigation into what occurred at the Bristol County House of Corrections, as well as the release of surveillance footage
Detainees barricaded themselves inside the facility, ripped washing machines and pipes off the wall, broke windows and “trashed the entire unit”
A statement from the federal authority said the prison was ‘never meant to be a permanent detention location’
A federal website posted long-term awards worth a combined $6.8 billion for detention facilities
The officers will be designated to identify and process undocumented immigrants
Andrew Pleviak allegedly showed a fake memorandum in an attempt to release an inmate
There are signs that immigration officials are struggling to find space for the growing number of ICE detainees
The LA sheriff further limited when inmates in Los Angeles County jails can be transferred for deportation
Nassau County officials have given the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency until Jan. 31 to vacate
The confidentiality sections of the new forms require volunteers to agree not to share information they learn inside without written permission from the warden
1,975 people currently detained at the facility, with room for hundreds more
Investigators’ report described finding nooses made from sheets and detainees who reported waiting weeks or months to see a doctor
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