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A November inspection of Otay Mesa Detention Center, conducted virtually because of the pandemic, found eight deficiencies under detention standards that the contracted private facility is required to follow, according to records released this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The deficiencies were in the areas of medical care, admission and release, staff-detainee communication and telephone access. The report, written by ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight, notes that not all standards could be evaluated because inspectors couldn’t physically enter the facility.
ICE, the federal agency responsible for immigration detention did not respond to a request for comment on the inspection’s findings Tuesday.
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What are conditions like for ICE detainees at Hudson County jail? Two federal reports offer clues
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Two 2020 federal reports shed light on conditions and incidents in Hudson County Jail’s ICE facilities, revealing a series of previously unreported incidents and showing that the jail failed to meet federal suicide prevention standards.
As the debate over the county’s contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement has played out on streets and at meetings of the county Board of Freeholders, both sides have traded arguments over conditions at the Kearny jail. Activists who contend that the county should end its contract with ICE have argued that ICE detainees at the jail endure inhumane and dangerous conditions.