A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana has revealed significant physical and sexual abuse of detained migrants within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers in the state including, in some instances, abuses the abuses which "meet the definitions of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international human rights treaties."
The findings, released by a coalition of immigrant rights organizations including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the ACLU, and the National Immigration Project, detail severe mistreatment of detainees across nine Louisiana ICE facilities. The report cites "qualitative and quantitative data collected during 59 onsite jail visits from 2022 to 2024, including information gathered during interviews with over 6,200 detained individuals and facility tours."
