NEW GAO REPORT on Immigration Detention

Yesterday the GAO issued a new report titled Immigration Detention: Actions Needed to Collect Consistent Information for Segregated Housing Oversight. Here is a summary of some of their findings:

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can, under certain circumstances, place detained noncitizens in segregated housing—one to two person cells separate from the general population. There were 14,581 such placements from FYs 2017-2021.

ICE oversees segregated housing, and also monitors placements involving vulnerable persons—e.g., those with medical or mental health conditions. But it relies on reports and data that don’t always have enough detail about the circumstances leading to a placement, or indicate that a placed person is vulnerable.

As a result, ICE can’t adequately oversee segregated housing.”

Example of a Segregated Housing Cell in an ICE Facility included in the GAO report:

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