Mistreatment Rife in Migrant Detention Centers, Report Says
- Human rights groups document widespread abuse in Louisiana
- ICE-hired private contractor disputes findings by watchdogs
Of the nine detention facilities examined in the report, five opened in 2019.
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Migrants held inside nine detention centers in Louisiana are often subjected to human rights abuses that meet the legal definition of torture, according to a report released Monday by a coalition of legal and human rights organizations.
The report, compiled by more than a dozen nonprofit groups, is based on more than 6,000 interviews since 2022 with detainees inside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities. It alleges that the detention centers, which are primarily operated by two private contractors under ICE’s supervision, routinely deprive detainees of urgent medical care, legal resources and basic human necessities.