Recommendations Memo to ICE Concerning Clay County Jail

This memorandum provides recommendations in connection with a complaint alleging that Clay County Jail (Clay County) in Brazil, Indiana failed to comply with the 2008 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS 2008) as required by ICE’s contract with Clay County.  CRCL concludes that Clay County failed to comply with the PBNDS 2008 when it reclassified an ICE detainee to a higher security level without new evidence or information, in order to alleviate a housing shortage for women detainees at the facility.