A sheriff is accused of beating three people in his custody, including two who were shackled
An Arkansas sheriff has been charged with federal civil rights offenses after allegedly assaulting three detainees, according to the US Justice Department.
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Doctors held by ICE shocked by conditions at facility
The two men haven't met, but their stories are strikingly similar.
Medical care in immigrant detention centers under fire
When 64-year-old Kamyar Samimi died in ICE custody, the agency issued a routine press release saying the preliminary cause of his death was cardiac arrest. It boasted about the nearly $200 million it had been spending annually on health care services for detainees, saying that "comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment detainees arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay."
Lawsuit alleges poor medical, mental health care in ICE facilities
The Southern Poverty Law Center and other immigration advocacy groups filed a class action lawsuit Monday alleging a lack of medical and mental health care inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities across the United States.
Inside new Border Patrol tent facility for migrants in Texas
At the end of last year, nearly 3,000 children were being housed in rows of small brown tents on this site just a few yards from the southwest border with Mexico. The controversial temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors, which closed in January, was at the center of several protests. And the controversy wasn't confined to that one facility.
ICE detainee dies in Georgia while waiting to be deported
A 44-year-old Mexican man awaiting deportation has died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Georgia, the agency said in a statement Thursday.
House Dems decry 'inhumane' conditions at Texas border
A group of more than a dozen House Democrats toured border detention facilities in McAllen, Texas, on Saturday, recounting "inhumane" conditions including overcrowded cells, rampant disease, and asylum seekers who had not washed or brushed their teeth for weeks.
Photo from Iraqi jail shows dire conditions of young and female prisoners
Photographs from an Iraqi jail that were leaked to Human Rights Watch have revealed extreme overcrowding in cells holding juveniles, female terrorism suspects and their children.
Navy SEAL sentenced to reduction in rank, partial pay
Navy SEAL team leader Eddie Gallagher will be demoted in rank and his pay will be reduced for posing for a photo with a dead ISIS prisoner, a jury decided Wednesday.
Navy SEAL not guilty of murder in ISIS detainee's death
Decorated Navy SEAL team leader Eddie Gallagher was acquitted of nearly all charges in the death of an ISIS prisoner in Iraq, including premeditated murder.
Fate of Navy SEAL accused in ISIS detainee stabbing in hands of jury
A jury began deliberations Monday afternoon in the murder trial of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who is accused of stabbing a prisoner to death in Iraq.
Government watchdog found 'egregious' conditions at ICE facilities in 2018
The Department of Homeland Security inspector general found expired food and dilapidated bathrooms during unannounced visits to four immigrant detention facilities in 2018, according to a report released Thursday.
DHS watchdog finds 'dangerous overcrowding' at border facility
The Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General has found "dangerous overcrowding" and unsanitary conditions at an El Paso, Texas, Border Patrol processing facility following an unannounced inspection, according to a new report.
Trump pardons former Army soldier sentenced for killing Iraqi prisoner
President Donald Trump on Monday granted a pardon to a former first lieutenant in the US Army who was sentenced to prison in 2009 for killing an Iraqi detainee, according to the White House.
US clothing company drops Chinese supplier over labor camp fears
A US sportswear company has dropped a Chinese supplier over fears its products were produced using forced labor in detention camps in Xinjiang.
Diplomatic showdown at UN as Cuba interrupts US meeting
This wasn't the "Missiles of October," the famed nuclear showdown between Cuba and the United States in 1962, but tensions between the two countries were impossible to ignore at the United Nations Tuesday afternoon.
Rwandan imprisoned opposition leader to go on trial
CNN -- Rwandan President Paul Kagame shocked many in his country and around the world last week when he granted more than 2,000 prisoners an unexpected pardon.
State of emergency declared in Maldives
Political unrest in the Republic of Maldives prompted the Asian nation's President on Monday to declare a state of emergency for 15 days.
