‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #californiacity #corecivic #icedetention #usaprisons #usadetention

Advocates demand closure of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, citing appalling conditions Non-profit groups say detained immigrants in Florida are denied medical care and living in ‘cages flooded with feces’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #usaprisons #alligatoralcatraz

Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #usaicejail #usaprisons

I can’t verify the numbers, but if true, this is horrific.😖

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'The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit.' #prisonsforprofit #incarceration #usaprisons

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Biden administration fights to keep details of CIA torture of detainee secret Supreme court to hear case of Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian held at Guantánamo Bay and allegedly tortured at a ‘black site’ in Poland

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He was initially described as an al-Qaida leader, but the agency by 2006 had concluded he had not even been a member of the group. He has, however, been held at Guantánamo ever since, with no prospect of release.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

This 9/11 suspect has spent 20 years in Guantánamo. Is he nearing a deal with the US? Ammar al-Baluchi was a human experiment for interrogators learning brutal techniques. Now prosecutors have proposed a plea bargain

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