Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

‘Worse than a prison': 911 calls, interviews reveal problems at ICE’s largest detention camp

Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

ICE is re-evaluating the future of Camp East Montana, its largest detention facility

DHS is reviewing this facility and contract. No decisions have been made related to contract extension, termination, or award ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Intelligence Says at Least 15,000 at Large After ISIS Detention Camp Collapses in Syria

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that 15,000 to 20,000 people, including Islamic State affiliates are now at large in Syria, after an exodus from a camp that held jihadists’ families, U.S.
WTTW

Former CPD Detective Who Also Served at Guantanamo Bay Testifies He Did Not Torture Man Into 1992 Murder Confession

A former Chicago police detective who has repeatedly been accused of abusing detainees denied torturing a man who says he falsely confessed to a 1992 murder after being beaten multiple times while in ...
Chicago Tribune

Former CPD detective who spent time at Guantanamo denied coercing suspects: ‘Interrogation doesn’t work’

Former Chicago police Detective Richard Zuley once spent time on a special assignment at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, but on the witness stand on Wednesday, the retired investigator took a ...
Wall Street Journal

A Giant ISIS Detention Facility Comes Apart in Syria’s Desert

The Syrian government is moving to close a detention camp that held tens of thousands of people including family members of suspected Islamic State fighters, after unrest threatened its grip on the ...
soapcentral

The Hunting Party: Is the NBC crime drama based on a true story? Details explored

NBC's procedural crime series, The Hunting Party, follows a group of investigators who are set on a mission to hunt down some dangerous criminals who have escaped from a hidden prison. An explosion at ...
Philadelphia Inquirer

Public health workers quitting over Guantánamo assignments

Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears. She had been selected for deployment to the Trump administration’s new immigration ...
kffhealthnews

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo

Officers from the U.S. Public Health Service attend a training on medical evacuation for immigrants detained at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on April 3. (Aubree Owens/U.S. Air Force) Rebekah Stewart, a nurse ...
Truthout

Some Public Health Workers Assigned to Guantánamo, Other ICE Jails, Are Quitting

Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears. She had been selected for deployment to the Trump administration’s new immigration ...
Wired

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo

Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the US Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears. She had been selected for deployment to the Trump administration’s new immigration detention ...