Immigration advocates have criticized conditions at detention centers where ICE detainees are housed.<\/p>\n
Beware the Ides of March, especially if you’re a detainee being sheltered in a detention center or other facility under the auspices of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to studies published by the Human Rights Watch and the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC), the ICE routinely delays, denies or provides low-quality medical care for detained immigrants in facilities nationwide. The poor care is often a consequence of unskilled or indifferent staff members at detention centers, overcrowding in facilities which is often deliberate, untenable levels of bureaucracy, language barriers, and limited services available to detainees. A Human Rights Watch study determined that detention centers were providing inadequate routine reproductive care for women because ICE’s health care system emphasizes emergency care and the treatment of conditions that might affect deportation status. According to testimony received by current and former (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Immigration advocates have criticized conditions at detention centers where ICE detainees are housed. Beware the Ides of March, especially if you’re a detainee being sheltered in a detention center or other facility under the auspices of the Immigration and Customs…<\/span><\/p>\n