It is already considered a bad experience for people to be detained in immigration detention centers. But providing substandard medical care, a lack of due process and geographical remoteness of facilities has made it even worse.
With the series of reports and allegations the Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE have been receiving primarily from the non-profit Detention Watch Network, ICE did an overhaul of the immigration detention system over a period of three years since 2009. The overhaul was supposed to show some improvement on aspects such as medical care, custodial conditions, fiscal prudence, and ICE oversight. Part of the reforms should also include placing detainees in buildings suited for those people facing immigration charges instead of being detained in penal facilities.
ICE made some of these reforms albeit calling these groups of non-profit organizations like the Detention Watch Network unfair for throwing anonymous allegations that they can’t investigate on. In spite of the amount of progress ICE were able to achieve, the Detention Watch Network still feels that they are not doing enough to protect the rights of the detained immigrants. What is stopping these reforms from being successful, according to the non-profit group, is the culture and treatment of the agency towards those who are facing immigration charges compared to the ones who are imprisoned because of some criminal charges. Take note that some of those detained have absolutely no criminal arrests or convictions at all, but are detained due to a “pending” immigration case that they could still win. Some of the charges are simply for an overstay, but relief from deportation may be imminent.
Listed as part of the 10 worst immigration detention centers according to the article are as follows:
- BakerCountyJailinFlorida
- PolkCountyDetention Facility inTexas
- EtowahCountyJailinAlabama
- HoustonProcessing Center inTexas
- HudsonCountyJailinNew Jersey
- IrwinCountyDetention Facility inGeorgia
- PinalCountyJailinArizona
- Tri-CountyDetentionCenterinIllinois
- Theo LacyDetentionCenterinCalifornia
- StewartDetentionCenterinGeorgia
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