CA send investigators to ice facilities. Here’s what they found- calm

From Wendy FryCalmness

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A new report by the California Department of Justice establishes that Immigration The detained facilities throughout the country continue not to provide basic care for mental health, with gaps in the prevention and treatment of suicides, the record of records and the use of incidents with force against mentally bad detainees.

The issuance of the report today comes with an aggressive expansion of immigration and wider changes in immigration policy under the second administration of President Donald Trump. The time of release of the report signals that California employees are planning to continue supervision as federal officers are moving to expanding the capacity to hold immigration in the state.

He noted that the population of the detainees in California has increased after the last state review: more than 3100 people have been held in retention of immigration across the country on April 16, compared to the average for each day around 1750 in 2021, settled in the report. About 75% of the detainees did not have a documented criminal history.

Investigators at the State Ministry of Justice inspected all six active immigration facilities in California. The inspections were conducted According to the State Law for 2017 This imposed an examination of the prosecutor of the General Prosecutor and reported to California immigration establishments. This is the fourth report, which will be published under conditions in facilities under which the non -education has been detained in California by federal immigration and customs authorities.

The findings come against the backdrop of wider concerns about federal supervision: The report notes that the Federal Department of Homeland Security has recently moved to the internal prison services tasked with investigating an investigation investigation Civil Rights Complaints and conditions for detention. Last week, the internal security department quietly removed over 100 civil rights and civil liberties from its website, provoking fears about transparency and accountability in the implementation of immigration.

“The reviews of the facilities in California remain particularly critical in the light of the Trump administration’s efforts, both to eliminate supervision of conditions in immigration detainees and to increase its inhuman campaign for the massive implementation of immigration, and the potentially exacerbates the critical issues that are already present in these facilities,”

The 165 -page report describes the conditions in private operated facilities, where federal immigration staff detain people facing deportation. State researchers have discovered “disadvantages in suicide prevention and suicide intervention” at each site, including missed mental health examinations and incorrect clinical solutions when to release Watch Watch detained.

The deficiency of staff, poor coordination between medical and mental health providers and widespread problems with keeping records have contributed to the risks to the detainees, many of which suffer from depression, anxiety and post -traumatic stress disorder, according to the report.

Conditions that can worsen mental health, such as solitude, remain common, the report is established. In facilities known as Andex Desert View, Imperial and Otay Mesa, researchers have found that the force was disproportionately used against persons with mental health conditions, including cases where chemical agents are located. At the Mesa Verde facility at Bakersfield, employees failed to properly document or report the forced transfer of detainees who participated in a peaceful hunger strike, the report said.

Despite federal guidelines that discourage the isolation of detained with mental illness, California’s examination found that people with serious mental health conditions were routinely placed in segregation, sometimes for months. Investigators have found that some facilities have failed to properly inform the detainees of the defense under the Federal Court’s agreement, which requires legal representation for people with severe mental health disorders.

Putting policies in the center of Mesa Verde discouraged detainees to seek health care, the review found. The detainees report that they feel that invasive searches deter them to attend medical meetings or access to other services.

GEO Group spokesman, a private company that manages several facilities, did not immediately answer a request for a comment on the newly issued report, but previously told CalMatters that the company provides high quality medical services, including “24/7 access to medical care, which is managed by The National Retention Standards based on performance Located by the US Department of Interior Security and independently accredited by the National Correctional Health Care Committee. ”

“In all cases, our agreed services are monitored by the Federal Government to ensure strict adherence to observance of National Retention Standards based on performancewhich are applied to all ice processing centers, “said Geo spokesman Christopher Ferreira in December.

ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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