AP-KFF Finds Widespread Medical Neglect Claims in ICE Detention
The investigation found more than 300 sworn claims of delayed or denied care, with detainees reporting strokes, infections and untreated chronic illnesses.
- On Saturday, four detainees filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging 'flagrant human rights abuses' at Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss.
- Inside the tent facility, detainees describe 'inhumane' conditions including physical violence by guards, spoiled food, and inadequate medical care, with complaints that they are 'punished' and 'tortured' without access to basic hygiene products.
- Named plaintiff Gerald Akari Angye details being beaten by guards and locked in solitary confinement for 15 days, while the lawsuit notes three deaths at the facility, including a homicide ruled by the El Paso County Medical Examiner.
- The Department of Homeland Security rejected the allegations as 'categorically false,' stating that detainees receive medical, dental, and mental health screenings and have access to proper meals, clean water, and 24-hour emergency care.
- Seeking class-action status for about 800 current detainees, the American Civil Liberties Union aims to represent all individuals at the facility, following months of advocacy and a February inspection that revealed 49 violations of detention standards.
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From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees in Aurora, across the US, describe neglect
Masuma Khan, an immigrant from Bangladesh who was held at an immigration detention facility in California City the previous year, makes tea in her home in Altadena, Calif., April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Maria Jose Gonzalez holds a photo of her husband, Jose-Antonio Segismundo, who was detained for six months at “Alligator Alcatraz,” April 16, 2026, in Wimauma, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)A person, who was detained at the Stewart Detenti…
Hundreds of ICE Detainees Describe Being Denied Medicine, Left With Festering Wounds and Untreated Cancer Across 33 States
An Albanian detainee said the pain grew so unbearable that he pulled out his own tooth. A Venezuelan man's leg turned purple from flesh-eating bacteria after staff at a Vermont facility failed to bring him to a scheduled appointment. A Romanian man had a stroke mid-video call with his daughter after repeated pleas for his heart medication went unanswered. These are among hundreds of accounts gathered in a joint investigation by KFF Health News a…
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Washington TimesFrom festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across U.S. describe medical neglect
Immigrant detainees across at least 33 states allege in court documents that the government is failing to provide them with adequate medical care. An investigation by The Associated Press and KFF Health News found that people detained by Immigration and…
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