DHS Inspectors Found ICE Detainees Who Were Kept In Solitary Confinement For 300 Days

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DHS Inspectors Found ICE Detainees Who Were Kept In Solitary Confinement For 300 Days


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/ice-immigrants-solitary-confinement

Inspectors also found that nearly a dozen immigrants detainees were kept in solitary confinement for more than two months.
Picture of Hamed Aleaziz Hamed Aleaziz BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on December 17, 2020, at 4:24 p.m. ET


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An immigrant detainee waits in an ICE holding area in 2019.

Nearly a dozen immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were kept in solitary confinement for more than two months, including two people who were isolated for more than 300 days, according to a draft Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s report obtained by BuzzFeed News.

The draft, which highlighted a February inspection of the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico, California, also documented how food at the facility had expired and gone moldy.


ICE has come under fire in recent years for issues related to medical care provided at its detention centers. In some facilities, ICE provides medical care directly; in others, a few employees assist contractors; and in many cases, the agency oversees care provided by a contractor.

In September, the House Oversight Committee found that ICE detainees died after receiving inadequate medical care and that jail workers “falsified records to cover up” issues. That same month, a separate committee report issued by the House Homeland Security Committee found that ICE detainees are often given deficient medical care and that detention centers use segregation as a threat against immigrants.

The draft report obtained by BuzzFeed News documents how officials at the detention facility in Calexico were using solitary confinement as a long term “solution” for immigrants in “protective custody,” or those who need special supervision or housing due to risks to their safety................

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1. ICE leaders need to be held accountable

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2. They need to be put in their own cages....

and left there.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R