News & Commentary about Immigration Detention Conditions

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Collage on a blue background showing prescription pills, a hospital bed, a doctor holding a patient’s hand, and barred windows, illustrating medical care and health conditions inside immigration detention or correctional facilities.

Dec 17, 2025

Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions

A large brown U.S. Army sign reading “Fort Bliss – Doña Ana Training Complex” stands in the foreground of a wide, open landscape. Behind it are low beige military buildings, utility poles, and a tall red-and-white checkered water tower, with mountains rising in the distance under a clear blue sky.

Dec 8, 2025

Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.

A demonstrator protests ICE and the Trump Administration policy of separating migrant families by holding up a sign (written in red ink on a black background with an illustrated broken red heart at the bottom) that reads, "SHAME ON ICE SHAME ON THE USA FOR RIPPIING APART FAMILIES AND HARMING CHILDREN No One is Illegal On Stolen Land, Defund ICE!!!"

Oct 27, 2025

Pregnant and Postpartum Women Face Neglect and Abuse in ICE Detention

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Aug 18, 2025

Live Coverage: ACLU Challenges ICE Detention Centers

US Customs and Border Protection building facade.

Jan 12, 2024

Government Agencies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Destroy Their Paper Trail of Medical Abuse and Neglect

The exterior of an immigrant detention center.

Dec 7, 2023

We’re Making Sure People in Immigration Detention Know Their Rights

A hand holding up a "With LGBT Refugees" sign.

Oct 10, 2023

Asylum Seeker's Wrongful 6-Year Detention is Emblematic of a Broken System

Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.

Aug 7, 2023

Unchecked Growth: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention, Three Years Into the Biden Administration

A young child holds on to her mother legs as they wait with other families to request political asylum in the United States, across the border in Tijuana, Mexico.

Nov 23, 2022

20 Years Later, It’s Time to Overhaul the Department of Homeland Security

Three women with raised fists, wearing masks with "BAN OFF OUR BODIES" printed on them and carrying a purple banner, lead other protestors at the Women's March Rally For Abortion Justice In Washington, D.C.

Nov 21, 2022

Biden Administration Issues Policy Protecting Access to Abortion for Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth