Beaten, abused, underfed: life inside an ICE detention facility in Texas

Detainees at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas told two rights groups they were beaten by guards, denied medical care and prevented from contacting family and lawyers, according to a report issued on Wednesday. The report, issued by Human ‌Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, spans dozens of pages and is based on 80 interviews HRW conducted with detainees that focused on conditions at Camp East Montana, which is located at the US Army’s Fort...

By Reuters

"Human Rights Disaster": Detainees At ICE's Texas Facility Allege Abuse

90% of detainees interviewed at ICE's Fort Bliss facility said they had either personally been assaulted by the staff or had seen others physically abused, as per a report.