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#ICE-detention

Detention of individuals by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including conditions in ICE facilities, deaths in custody, denial of medical care, and expansion of the immigration detention system.

1 incident

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

ICE Detention: Deaths, Abuse, and Inhumane Conditions in Immigration Detention Facilities

Under Trump, ICE detention grew from approximately 41,000 to over 55,000 people at peak. Press tallies put deaths in ICE custody at roughly 40 during the first term, including 21 in FY2020, the highest annual number since 2005. A DHS OIG inspection found spoiled and moldy food, nooses in cells, improper segregation and inadequate medical care. A Senate investigation found women at one Georgia facility were subjected to excessive, invasive and often unnecessary gynecological procedures.