Kurdish activist and asylum seeker Gabar Choli recounts being force-fed twice daily during an eight-month hunger strike in an ICE detention center in Texas, condemning the practice as torture.
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old Salvadoran detainee, died at Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, prompting renewed calls from lawmakers and advocates to shut down the facility.
CoreCivic has finalized the $1.5 billion sale of two major California immigration detention centers to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The deal, which closed July 2, is part of a federal effort to expand detention capacity and reduce reliance on private facilities, despite ongoing scrutiny over conditions and legal challenges.
Seven individuals received prison sentences ranging from nearly two years to 50 years in federal court in Fort Worth for their roles in a July 4 shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges the shooting was carried out by antifa members.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the shutdown of the controversial "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Everglades, which processed 21,000 deportations. Hailed by Trump but condemned by civil rights groups, the temporary facility faced criticism for inhumane conditions and environmental damage.
Florida's controversial 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center, criticized for its conditions, has closed. Governor Ron DeSantis announced the facility, opened in July 2025, served its temporary purpose and detainees have been moved.
A protester was struck by a car outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, while demonstrating on Father's Day. The incident occurred as she held an upside-down American flag and blocked the entrance to the immigration detention center. Tensions escalated with allegations of pepper spray use by ICE officers.
All detainees have been moved from the South Florida Detention Center, nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' in the Florida Everglades to other facilities. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security cited hurricane season concerns, but advocates argue it's an excuse for the facility's poor conditions and mistreatment.
A GAO report found millions wasted, detainee health endangered, and evidence destroyed at Camp East Montana, a large immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas. Opened in 2025, the facility has faced numerous violations and three deaths, including one ruled a homicide.
More than 80 people have been arrested after protests outside Delaney Hall in Newark, where demonstrators allege poor conditions for immigration detainees. Federal officials deny abuse, while New Jersey authorities have stepped in and the state has sued Geo Group.
A DHS watchdog report found staff at ICE's Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana violated rules against physical force, used chokeholds, and one officer stabbed a detainee with a pen. The report also cited unsanitary conditions and inadequate medical and legal support.
New Jersey health officials are suing GEO Group, the private operator of Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center, demanding full access after investigators were denied entry amid allegations of inhumane conditions, a TB outbreak risk, and a detainee strike.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka imposed a curfew around Delaney Hall immigration detention center following intense clashes between protesters and police. The curfew aims to restore order after demonstrations escalated with protesters throwing projectiles and setting tires on fire.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka imposed a curfew around Delaney Hall immigration detention center following violent clashes between protesters and police. The curfew, from 9 PM to 6 AM, was enacted after demonstrators protested poor living conditions and a reported hunger strike by detainees.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka imposed a curfew around Delaney Hall immigration detention center due to ongoing protests. Lawyers report poor conditions and a hunger strike, while Governor Mikie Sherrill was denied entry. DHS accuses politicians of spreading 'smears'.
A Florida immigration detention center in the Everglades, criticized for environmental and humanitarian concerns, is expected to close within the next month or two as a lawsuit challenging its existence returns to a federal judge who previously ordered its shutdown.
Washington state filed federal court action Tuesday to compel The GEO Group to allow state health inspectors into its Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. The detention center, holding up to 1,600 immigrants, has received 3,500 complaints from detainees including reports of foreign objects in food and foul-tasting water. State inspectors have been denied entry all 10 times since a 2023 state law authorized health and safety inspections at private detention facilities.
