NPR Exclusive: Exclusive: Video Shows Controversial Use Of Force Inside An ICE Detention Center

A video obtained by NPR shows a controversial use of force inside an ICE detention center in 2017, Tom Dreisbach reports. Detention officers pepper sprayed men who were on a hunger strike protesting conditions in the center. “As they visibly recoiled from the spray, some of the detainees were pushed into walls, pulled to the ground or dragged on the floor by guards.” They were then showered in hot water, which can worsen the pain of pepper spray. As NPR reported in January, a previously confidential government inspection found that the facility was failing to meet many of the government’s own standards for solitary confinement, mental health treatment and medical care.

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