Immigration Detention Centers
Immigration detention centers are specialized facilities that house individuals awaiting immigration hearings or deportation. This directory offers articles and resources on the operation, policies, and challenges specific to these centers, including detainee rights, legal processes, and facility management. Understanding the unique aspects of immigration detention is essential for those working within or about these centers. For more on related topics, visit our section on Detention Facility Operations.
More than 230 Marines have arrived at Guantanamo Bay to assist with holding operations
A lawyer expressed City Hall’s interest in using the defunct Metropolitan Correctional Center to house migrants amid severe overcrowding in shelters
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Deputies can ID inmates as immigrants who are potentially violating civil immigration law and then hold them until ICE picks them up for detention
The deficiencies included medical care, admission and release, staff-detainee communication and phone access
The sheriff’s office said it stands by its response and is awaiting results of a “truly independent investigation”
The Justice Department and lawyers for several of the women agreed that immigration authorities wouldn’t carry out any deportations until mid-January
“I’m just asking for a second chance to live this American life and to be a firefighter,” Bounchan Keola said
Lawyers said at least seven others at the Irwin County Detention Center have received word that they could soon be removed from the country
The detention center was found to excessively strip-search detainees and failed to provide detainees with two hot meals a day
Officials say they’re following CDC guidelines despite criticism from those held inside since the first outbreak began
The complaint alleges COs used torture to coerce Cameroonian immigrants in the facility to sign deportation documents
Medical experts found an “alarming pattern” in which Dr. Mahendra Amin allegedly subjected the women to unwarranted gynecological surgeries
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
Otay Mesa Detention Center COs said early absence of masks, lack of cleaning supplies and mixing symptomatic inmates with others contributed to the outbreak
Eighteen employees at the East Hidalgo Detention Facility have tested positive and are quarantining at home
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
The detainee had been held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego and hospitalized since late April
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