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Report: Private Company Rubber-Stamps Inspections of Abuse-Ridden ICE Detention Camps
by Kevin Bliss
In a report published January 2, 2021, two immigrant advocacy groups — Advocate Visitors with Immigrants in Detention (AVID) and Immigration Law Lab (ILL) — accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials of holding migrants in abuse-ridden detention camps.
The prolonged use of solitary confinement, ice-cold detention ...
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More from this issue:
- The Punishment Economy: Winners and Losers in the Business of Mass Incarceration, by Daniel A. Rosen
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Use of Solitary Confinement During Pandemic Detrimental To Prisoners and Not Slowing Spread of COVID-19, by Chad Marks
- Why Did a St. Louis Man Die in a Federal Prison Coronavirus Hotspot?, by Mike Fitzgerald
- Texas Prisons Close Amid Pandemic, by Jayson Hawkins
- The Importance of Establishing Veterans Benefits While in Prison, by Art Gage
- Alabama Prisons, Among Deadliest for COVID-19, Not Prepared to Vaccinate Prisoners, by Kevin Bliss
- ICE Holding Cuban Detainee for 11 Years and Counting Following Florida Prison Release, by Daniel A. Rosen
- Amid Widespread Calls for Abolition, Mariame Kaba Sheds Light With Latest Book, by Juliette LaMarr
- Massachusetts Uses Medical Parole to Avoid In-Custody Deaths From COVID-19, by Daniel A. Rosen
- Second Circuit Reinstates Acquitted New York City Man’s Claims of Police Due Process Violations and Excessive Use of Force by Jailers, by Matthew Clarke
- Music Project Brings Prisoners’ Stories to Life in Song, by Daniel A. Rosen
- Report: Massachusetts Prisons Continue to Fail on Mental Health Care, by Jayson Hawkins
- Idaho Supreme Court Orders Release of Death Penalty Related Documents, by David Reutter
- Federal Court: COVID-19 Vaccine Must be Available to All Oregon Prisoners, by David Reutter
- BOP’s Terminal Island Response Sparked COVID-19 Spread, by Mark Wilson
- Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Lawsuit Alleging New York Guard Sexually Assaulted Female Prisoners, by David Reutter
- Qualified Immunity Granted on Claim of Sleep Deprivation From Guard Noise During Suicide-Prevention Checks in California, by David Reutter
- Texas Moves to Deny Housing for Released Prisoners, by Edward Lyon
- California State Prisoners Pay Teen’s School Tuition, by Edward Lyon
- Smoking on the Chain Gang, by David Reutter
- Medical Copays for Prisoners Suspended in Several States Due to COVID-19, by Daniel A. Rosen
- Washington State Governor Signs Bill Banning Private Prisons Statewide, by Juliette LaMarr
- Pandemic Medical Update: Vaccines, Variants and More, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
- Southern Republican Senators Criticize Third Pandemic Relief Bill for Giving Payments to Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
- Broad Support for North Carolina Bill to Bar Shackling Pregnant Prisoners, by Daniel Matheson
- Judge Slaps Arizona With $1.1 Million Fine Over Prison Health Care, by David Reutter
- HRDC Wins FOIA Lawsuit filed in Washington State for Unredacted ICE Documents, by David Reutter
- With the majority of corrections officers declining the COVID-19 vaccine, incarcerated people are still at serious risk, by Wendy Sawyer, Wanda Bertram
- Report: Private Company Rubber-Stamps Inspections of Abuse-Ridden ICE Detention Camps, by Kevin Bliss
- Family of San Quentin Prisoner Who Died of COVID-19 Due to “Horribly Botched Transfer” Files Lawsuit, by Douglas Ankney
- Report Calls for the End of Solitary Confinement at Michigan Prisons, by Kevin Bliss
- Washington Supreme Court Holds Ongoing Contempt Not Required to Impose Sanctions for Violating Injunction Against Releasing Sex Offender Records, by Matthew Clarke
- Repairing Credit After Release from Prison, by Kevin Bliss
- Report: Border Patrol Misappropriated Funds and Failed to Provide Proper Medical Care to Accurately Report Migrant Deaths, by Douglas Ankney
- Lawsuit Over Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Fatal Asthma Attack Allegedly Triggered by Excessive Use of Pepper Spray, by Matthew Clarke
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- At Massive and Corrupt Philippine Prison, Contraband Includes Jacuzzis and Horses, Sept. 15, 2023
- Second Circuit Affirms $600,000 Punitive Damage Award to New York Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards, Sept. 15, 2023
- Maryland Sheriff Charged with Illegally Procuring Machine Guns from ATF, Sept. 15, 2023
- Voting Rights Restoration for Virginia Ex-Felons Once Again Subject to Governor’s Whim, Sept. 15, 2023
- Prison Profiteer Who Chairs Christian Seminary Board Called Not Very ‘Christlike’, Aug. 15, 2023
- Menstruation Weaponized Against Women in Prison, Aug. 15, 2023
- Idaho Revives Firing Squads, Aug. 15, 2023
- Pennsylvania Jail Hit With Over $1.5 Million in Overages for Guards, Healthcare, July 15, 2023
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- Use of Solitary Confinement on the Rise in ICE Facilities, May 15, 2024. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention.
- Migrants at New Mexico CoreCivic ICE Detention Center Forced to Clean Up Sewage with Bare Hands, May 1, 2024. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Sewage, Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention.
- Colorado Becomes Seventh State to Prohibit Jailing Immigrants for ICE, April 26, 2024. Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention.
- As ICE Data Errors Persist, GEO Group Cashes In, April 26, 2024. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Immigration Law/Offenses, Detention - Generally.
- New Jersey Private Prison Ban Voided, March 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Supremacy Clause, Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention.
- Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violations After Stonewalling in Prisoner Lawsuits, Aug. 15, 2023. Private Contractors, Brady Rule violations, Discovery and Inspection.
- Colorado Becomes Seventh State to Prohibit Jailing Immigrants for ICE, July 14, 2023. Immigration Law/Offenses, Detention - Generally.
- Guards Filmed Walking Away from Burning Mexican Detention Center Where 38 Migrants Died, May 19, 2023. Guard Misconduct, Fire Hazards, Detention - Generally, Deliberate Indifference.
- Nakamoto Group Accused of Rubber-Stamping ICE Facility Inspections, Aug. 1, 2022. Conditions of Confinement, Detention - Generally.