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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares in New York

Revealed: US firm running Guantánamo migrant jail accused over rights abuses

people building a tent
US service members set up tents in Guantanamo Bay, in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the migrant detention center. Photograph: Jennifer Newsome/US Department of Defense/AFP/Getty Images

A corporate conglomerate now running the US government’s immigration detention center at the Guantánamo Bay naval base on a lucrative contract has been the subject of critical audits and a civil rights complaint over conditions at three other migrant lockups it has run within the US, documents reviewed by the Guardian show.

In one example, a federal audit report on a migrant facility run by the company in Miami found multiple incidents of alleged “inappropriate use of force” – including guards pepper-spraying a man in solitary confinement even though he posed no threat to them, the report said.

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