Reports of widespread abuse at ICE detention centers have been surfacing across the board in recent days. Just last week, one by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana revealed significant physical and sexual abuse of detained migrants within detention centers in the state, including, in some instances, abuses which "meet the definitions of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international human rights treaties."
A couple of days later, another document, this one by the ACLU of Northern California, provided an extensive record of the inhumane conditions that immigrants face inside the state's ICE detention center. "It is abundantly clear that the government cannot guarantee that its immigration detention facilities will meet non-negotiable human rights standards," said Maricela Sanchez, investigator with the ACLU of Northern California and author of the report.
