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A new report from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union details the degrading and cruel conditions in ICE’s massive detention center known as Camp East Montana in El Paso.
“Human Rights Watch and the ACLU found that people detained at Camp East Montana endured conditions of confinement that amounted to enforced disappearance, cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment, excessive use of force including one extrajudicial killing, life-threatening medical neglect, barriers to legal representation, and coercive third-country removals,” the authors reported. “Together, these abuses violate fundamental protections under U.S. and international human rights law.”
Detainees detailed to researchers that were being beaten by guards, consistent denial of medical care and being prevented from contacting family members and lawyers. They also described overcrowding, unsanitary bathrooms, the lack of basic soap and hand sanitizers and living quarters that regularly flooded with dirty water and dust.