Source: Immigration Impact
ICE began using three privately-run jails in Louisiana and Mississippi last month to hold immigration detainees. This expansion is troubling given the remoteness of these areas that would make it difficult for detainees to access attorneys, witnesses, and their families. Further, these facilities have a history of “human rights abuses, staff mistreatment, and inadequate medical care.” Because the Department of Justice (DOJ) is no longer using these facilities to hold federal inmates, ICE is taking over