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Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico

CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement LGBTQ detainees at the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico. The investigation focused on allegations received from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and the Santa Fe Dreamers Project.

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Attorney General William P. Barr’s letter to Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf on DACA

Attorney General William P. Barr’s letter to Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf on DACA, received on June 30, 2020.

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Expert Recommendations Memo to ICE Concerning ICE Health Services Corps Medical/Mental Health Care and Oversight

CRCL conducted an investigation in response to information received from the DHS Office of Inspector General alleging that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Health Service Corps had systematically provided inadequate medical and mental health care, and oversight of that care, to immigration detainees in facilities throughout the United States.

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Retention Memo to ICE for CRCL Investigation Concerning Medical Isolation and Quarantines in ICE Immigration Detention Facilities

CRCL received allegations concerning the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) medical isolation and quarantine processes throughout many of the immigration detention facilities used by ICE. With the increased concern about the rapid spread of infectious diseases, particularly in congregant settings such as detention facilities, CRCL is reviewing how ICE manages its medical isolation and quarantine processes and how ICE addresses medical and mental healthcare, law library access, access to legal services, and visitation for detainees who are medically isolated or quarantined.

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Retention Memo to ICE for CRCL Investigation on ICE's Oversight Concerning the Use of Segregation

CRCL assessed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's segregation oversight program and provide policy recommendations, if warranted, to help the Department ensure that its segregation oversight is complete, in accordance with requirements, and fulfilling the stated goal that, placement in segregation should occur only when necessary and in compliance with applicable detention standards. In particular, placement in administrative segregation due to a special vulnerability should be used only as a last resort and when no other viable housing options exist."

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Retention Memo to ICE for CRCL Investigation Concerning Detention and Care of Pregnant Individuals

CRCL opened complaints alleging that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated the civil rights and civil liberties of pregnant individuals held in their custody. Allegedly, the standards governing the detention of pregnant individuals and the provision of their healthcare were insufficient and inconsistently applied, and where standards did exist, they were routinely violated.

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Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Worcester County Jail in Snow Hill, Maryland

CRCL conducted an onsite investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Worcester County Jail in Snow Hill, Maryland. The onsite occurred on November 13-15, 2019.

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Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Cibola County Correctional Facility in Milan, New Mexico

CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees at the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico. The onsite investigation occurred on August 13-15, 2019 in response to allegations received concerning civil rights and civil liberties violations of medical and mental health care, conditions of detention, and environmental health and safety at the facility. Additionally, CRCL reviewed violations that impacted detainees housed in the facility's dedicated transgender housing unit.

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Retention Memo for Onsite Investigation at Immigration Centers of America in Farmville, Virginia

CRCL received allegations that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated the civil rights and civil liberties of detainees at the Immigration Centers of America in Farmville, Virginia. The allegations raised issues regarding conditions of detention, medical and mental health care, suicide prevention and intervention, sexual abuse and assault prevention and intervention, and environmental health and safety.

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Retention Memo for Onsite Investigation at Pine Prairie Detention Center in Pine Prairie, Louisiana

CRCL received a complaint alleging abuses of the civil rights and civil liberties of individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Pine Prairie Detention Center in Pine Prairie, Louisiana. CRCL reviewed several incidents where detainees expressed concern with general conditions at the facility resulting in wide-spread grievances in the areas of due process, discrimination based on national origin, and denial of recreation. More specifically, complaints involved allegations related to: quarantine and exposure to airborne illnesses resulting in denial of recreation,  violations of due process rights, national origin discrimination, prolonged segregation, physical, verbal, and mental abuse, and denial of legal access.