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Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Johnson County Detention Center in Cleburne, Texas

CRCL conducted an onsite investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Johnson County Detention Center in Cleburne, Texas.

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Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Henderson Detention Facility in Henderson, Nevada

CRCL conducted an onsite investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Henderson Detention Facility in Henderson, Nevada.

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Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Houston Contract Detention Facility in Houston, Texas

CRCL conducted an onsite investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Houston Contract Detention Facility in Houston, Texas.

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Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Stewart Detention Center, Lumpkin, Georgia

CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia.

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Retention Memo to ICE Concerning the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility, Jena, Louisiana

CRCL received complaints alleging abuses of civil rights and civil liberties of individual held in custody by ICE at the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility.

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Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, California

In response to complaints allegations summarized herein, CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, California on December 8, 2015.

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Close Memo for Onsite Investigation at Eloy Detention Center, Eloy, Arizona

CRCL conducted an investigation into two deaths and two suicides of individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), at the Eloy Detention Center (EDC) located in Eloy, Arizona. CRCL's review of EDC focused in large part on medical care, mental health care, and suicide prevention and intervention, as well as other conditions of detention issues raised in the complaints.

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Close Memo for Onsite Investigation at Stewart Detention Center, Lumpkin, Georgia

CRCL received a report written by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia regarding immigration detention conditions at Georgia facilities, including Stewart Detention Center. The report raised concerns about conditions of detention at Stewart related to correctional operations, medical care, and mental health care. CRCL opened complaints based on the information in the report, and also based upon separate complaints received raising similar concerns.

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Statement for the record of ICE for a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights hearing titled “ Reassessing Solitary Confinement II: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Detention Policy and Planning Assistant Director Kevin Landy addresses the housing of ICE detainees, and the specific circumstances under which segregated housing is used to ensure safety and security.

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Recommendations Memo Concerning Otero County Processing Center

CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for ICE detainees at the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico.  Between March 2011 and November 2011, CRCL received several complaints relating to a wide range of issues in regard to conditions of detention at the facility.  In response to these complaints, CRCL conducted a site review at the facility from March 13-15, 2012.  As part of the review, CRCL used four independent subject-matter experts: a medical consultant, a mental health consultant, an environmental health and safety consultant, and a penologist.