New FOIA Docs Expose Conditions in Private Immigration Prison So Bad That Even ICE Was Shocked

[muriel_volestrangler]

New documents shed light on what activists are calling “a dark pattern of abuse” at a privately-run, for-profit prison in Virginia used by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Obtained by the civil rights group the Advancement Project under the Freedom of Information Act, the documents describe a long pattern of abuse, neglect and mismanagement of detainees at Immigration Centers of America (ICA) Farmville — a facility where almost everyone has coronavirus.

In 2015, for instance, one detainee was pepper sprayed in the face while in full restraints. He was then stripped naked, shackled from the ankles and wrists and pepper sprayed again, then left tied to a bed for two days. In later proceedings, the prison attempted to argue that the man was a “threat” to staff because he was “unresponsive” to their commands after being sprayed, despite the fact that he was lying prone in a padded cell while in full restraints. This justification was not accepted by the ICE disciplinary report, which found ICA was in violation of several standards.
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Hundreds of detainees have also been subject to food unfit for human consumption. In 2015, for instance, some complained after finding a number of white worms in their meals. ICA Farmville retaliated by threatening them with “severe” and “swift” consequences if they continued in actions that “degraded the reputation” of the facility, including threatening them that any complaints would negatively impact their immigration cases. ICA Farmville’s treatment of those in its custody was so poor that it appears to have shocked even ICE, not an organization known for its rigid defense of human rights; the documents showing that they considered ICA Farmville’s actions “chilling” and “beyond the pale.”
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The documents come amid a rampant coronavirus outbreak at the prison. With 247 currently infected, nearly 90 percent of the prison population at ICA has tested positive for COVID-19, accounting for around a quarter of all current detainee positive cases across the entire nationwide ICE prison network. In April, MintPress reported on a hunger strike involving around 100 detainees at Farmville who were demanding their release on medical and humane grounds, fearing an outbreak. The strike was broken after threats of retaliation, including solitary confinement, but those protesting have been vindicated, their fears realized. Bolotas said that throughout ICA’s history there has been a “pattern” of abuse:

Whenever anybody inside speaks up about the conditions they are met with retaliation and threats to their immigration proceedings and their immigration cases. ICA is really careful about its brand image because it is trying to build more detention centers, especially in places where local economies have been depressed. So they sell themselves [incorrectly] as a company with humane conditions.”

https://www.mintpressnews.com/foia-docs-expose-conditions-ica-farmville-so-bad-even-ice-shocked/270593/

[kimbutgar]

1. When MF45 is gone in January we will find mass graves and sex trafficked children

Then we can get him charged and jailed for crimes against humanity.

So much stuff to go after him it will be delish to see him sweat !

[magicarpet]

2. Team trDump is such a depraved group of Nazis, who knows what,...

.... will be uncovered once they depart.

[NCjack]

3. When Biden becomes president, ICE must get a Special Prosecutor.