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Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees

The reported infections are the latest in a series of health concerns at the federal immigration jail in Aurora

The Guardian - US

Delaney Hall and the new ICE playbook

Detainees ended a hunger and labor strike shortly after ICE updated its detention standards

Salon

New ICE rule, requested by top contractor, ends pay requirement for migrants who work while detained

The move came after The Geo Group was sued in three states for allegedly violating minimum wage laws

The Independent UK

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NYC Journalist Documents and Alleges Brutality Against Protesters by ICE at Delaney Hall

Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, has been a subject of controversial allegations for more than a year now. Protests have not ceased. Brenna Lip (@brennalip), an independent journalist from New York City, relayed the developments on site for the last two weeks. Once a halfway house, Delaney Hall was…

The Mary Sue

California Town Lets Private ICE Detention Centers Police Themselves

McFarland police don’t respond to calls at detention centers, citing agreement with GEO Group. Crimes go uninvestigated, say attorneys and alleged sexual abuse victim.

Capital & Main

Who is George Zoley? GEO Group's Founder Who Came Through Ellis Island at Age Three and Built a Billion-Dollar Empire Detaining Migrants

George Zoley, a Greek immigrant, founded GEO Group, America's largest private immigration detention company. His wealth surged under Trump's administration, despite controversies over facility conditions.

International Business Times UK

New Jersey sues Geo Group, private operator of Delaney Hall ICE facility

State demands access for health inspectors amid reports of ‘inhumane conditions’ at site of protests and hunger strike

The Guardian - US

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Colombian migrant found dead in ICE custody after guards ignored pleas to call Mom: report

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees are taking their own lives at a pace that’s unprecedented in the agency’s two-decade history, highlighting what experts call failures in care and oversight

The Independent UK

Feds Reportedly Bought Distressed Properties for ICE Detention at Up to Ten Times Market Value, Benefiting Investors Tied to Trump

The Department of Homeland Security's £750 million warehouse purchases tied to Donald Trump are facing scrutiny over alleged overpayments and potential conflicts of interest.

International Business Times UK

Former private prison executive David Venturella will become ICE's acting leader

The Trump administration says a former executive at a private prison operator will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The Independent UK

Washington state says Geo Group refuses to let health inspectors into detention facility

Washington state has asked a federal judge to force private prison operator The Geo Group to allow health inspectors into its for-profit immigration detention center in Tacoma, which has been the subject of thousands of complaints from detainees in recent years

The Independent UK

GEO Group: High-Risk Stock With High-Reward Potential

GEO Group stock is down nearly 50%, but analysts see over 100% upside. Here’s the bull and bear case, policy risks, and what investors should know now

MarketBeat

Family of ‘perfectly healthy’ asylum-seeker who died in ICE custody demand answers: ‘His story cannot end here’

Exclusive details: Jean Wilson Brutus’s relatives only learned he had even been taken into ICE custody was when they received notification of his death, family attorney Oliver Barry told The Independent

The Independent UK

ICE Detainee Dies in El Paso Detention Facilities, What are the Living Conditions There?

Following the death of a third detainee in El Paso, scrutiny turns to a new tent facility at Fort Bliss. Critics fear extreme heat and secrecy will lead to further tragedy.

International Business Times UK

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The Guardian - US

Dim days, bright nights: a hidden cruelty of Ice detention

Tens of thousands of people held across the US amid Trump’s immigration crackdown could face an insidious hazard: broken internal clocks

The Independent UK

Prison chaplain at ICE facility in Pennsylvania accused of sexually abusing immigration detainee

Exclusive: “The system absolutely failed our client,” attorney Trina Realmuto told The Independent

Latin Times

Private Prison Giant Ordered to Pay Tens Of Millions for Paying Immigrant Detainees $1 a Day For Work

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that The GEO Group must pay more than $23 million for paying working immigrant detainees at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma as little as $1 per day.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s tax bill funds $6bn expansion of US-Mexico border surveillance, report finds

‘The spending is not about safety’: rights groups concerned as funding for data centralization increases

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The Independent UK

Migrants upset by quality of meals rebel inside NJ detention facility and four escape amid massive police response

Unrest stemmed from concerns about the punctuality and quality of meals

Al Jazeera

‘Malicious’: New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka sues US attorney after arrest

Baraka, a candidate for New Jersey’s governor race, has condemned members of Trump administration for ‘false arrest’.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado

The Independent UK

Private security at ICE jail in Texas accused of choking a handcuffed detainee

Criminal complaint states officer put enough force on detainee’s throat that he ‘tucked his chin down to his chest because he was gasping for air’

Salon

ICE seized the mayor — his city united

Masked, armed federal agents arrested the mayor of Newark for doing his job — and citizens said no

Latin Times

Trump Admin Using Tech From Largest Private Prison Operator To Track Down Hundreds Of Migrants

A new analysis by The New York Times showed that the government has increased contracts with the Geo Group as it slashes spending across agencies.

The Guardian - US

‘Detention Alley’: inside the Ice centres in the US south where foreign students and undocumented migrants languish

Foreign nationals caught up in Trump’s immigration dragnet are transported sometimes thousands of miles away to an isolated network of lockups and courts

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