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#medical-neglect

The deliberate or systemic failure to provide adequate medical care to individuals in government custody. Constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment and may amount to torture or inhuman treatment under international law.

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.