DHS Publishes Detention Standards for Immigration Jails

The Department of Homeland Security  (DHS) is issuing regulations setting standards to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and assault in DHS confinement facilities. Click here for a link to the Federal Register notice.

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