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.
An annual report on England and Wales prisons highlights overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, poor nutrition, and lack of medical access. Gangs control wings, and violence is prevalent. Reforms under the Starmer government aim to avert system collapse but prisoners still face bleak conditions.
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.
Protests have intensified at Newark's Delaney Hall Detention Facility over alleged inhumane conditions, with activists reporting rotten food and medical neglect. DHS and GEO Group deny claims, calling them politically motivated, while detainees sue over poor conditions nationwide.
A father, Youssef, re-detained after a court ruled indefinite immigration detention unlawful, faces deportation to Nauru. His daughter, Sara, fears the family will crumble, while human rights advocates warn of lifelong harm to children and families.
Australia's high court ruled indefinite immigration detention unlawful in 2023. Over 350 individuals, the NZYQ cohort, cannot be deported. Sara fears her father may be deported to Nauru under a new government deal.
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 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'.
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.
Australian immigration detention centres face security failures, leading to detainee escapes and staff injuries. Meanwhile, US-Iran peace talks progress, Donald Trump faces Republican criticism, and Australian politics becomes a target for prediction market bets. The EPL concludes with Arsenal winning the title.
Australia's immigration detention centres face scrutiny over security failures, while US-Iran peace talks advance and Donald Trump faces Republican backlash. Other news includes a fatal shark attack, rising Australian travel to Vietnam, Russia's use of a hypersonic missile in Ukraine, and UK police investigating Prince Andrew.
US-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC), operating Australia's immigration detention centers via Secure Journeys, faces multiple investigations due to catastrophic security failures. These include detainee escapes, staff assaults, and a lack of basic safety equipment, prompting warnings from regulators about risks to staff and detainees.
A 29-year-old Hazara man, Abdul, challenges his imminent deportation to Nauru, citing Australia's constitutional obligations to protect him after alleged childhood abuse in Australian care.
An Iranian family residing in the US for a decade is seeking release from immigration detention after being arrested due to their familial ties to a figure in the 1979 US Embassy hostage crisis. A federal judge has temporarily halted their deportation, pending review of their detention's legality.
An autopsy confirmed Emmanuel Damas, 56, died from a chest infection complicated by severe dental issues, after months at an Arizona immigration facility. His family alleges ICE and CoreCivic failed to provide adequate medical care.
Deisy Rivera Ortega, wife of US Army Sgt Jose Serrano, an Afghanistan veteran, was detained during a parole-in-place interview in El Paso, Texas, but released after public outcry and intervention by US Senator Tammy Duckworth.
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.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” always was meant to be temporary
A man fighting plans to remove him to Nauru loses his High Court challenge, after the government's deal to have the island take in people released from indefinite immigration detention is upheld.
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.
A federal appeals court overturned the Trump administration's policy of mandatory detention for most immigrants arrested in immigration crackdowns, ruling the administration wrongly interpreted a decades-old immigration law. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the policy would have created the broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in U.S. history. The ruling conflicts with two other appeals courts, making Supreme Court review likely.
