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US Ends ICE Contracts With 2 Detention Facilities Accused of Mistreating Immigrants
The Massachusetts facility has been accused of inhumane conditions while the detainees at the facility in Georgia reported being subjected to medical procedures against their will.
By Ben Fox and Kate Brumback • Published May 20, 2021 • Updated on May 20, 2021 at 11:04 am
A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no longer be used to detain immigrants, the Biden administration said Thursday.
The Department of Homeland Security said it would terminate contracts with the local government agency that runs the detention center in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and with the private operator of the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia.
Any detainees the U.S. believes should remain in custody will be transferred elsewhere, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in announcing the move, which had been sought by immigrant advocates.
“Allow me to state one foundational principle,” Mayorkas said, “We will not tolerate the mistreatment of individuals in civil immigration detention or substandard conditions of detention.”
More:
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/us-to-end-contracts-with-2-detention-facilities-accused-of-mistreating-immigrants/2610248/
