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#cruel treatment

Treatment that causes serious suffering to body or health, prohibited as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions and under the Convention Against Torture. A lower threshold than torture but still absolutely prohibited.

1 incident

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Deportation and Medical Neglect of Pregnant Women in ICE Custody

ICE deported 363 pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in 13 months and recorded 16 miscarriages in detention. Women were shackled while miscarrying, denied prenatal care, and subjected to invasive procedures without consent -- all in violation of ICE's own 2021 directive against detaining pregnant individuals.