ICE held a man in solitary confinement for more than a year. He’s suing under a new California law
“Immigrant advocates have long complained that private contractors freely violate the federal government’s minimum standards of care. Inspectors at the Department of Homeland Security found in 2019 that ICE often doesn’t hold detention facilities contractors accountable for failing to meet those standards and had imposed financial penalties only twice in nearly three years.
Last year, inspectors found the Imperial facility in violation of detention standards, including what it described as ‘serious violations’ related to its use of administrative segregation.
Inspectors said the facility operators were ‘using administrative segregation as a long-term solution for detainees in protective custody and overly restricted detainees by not offering privileges similar to those offered to detainees in general housing units.'”