ICE detainees held at Anchorage jail have been transferred out of state

ICE transfers detainees from Alaska prison, but questions remain around due process and conditions

The entrance to the Anchorage Correctional Complex is seen on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)The Alaska Department of Corrections announced that 35 men that were arrested and detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from out of state and held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex were transferred out of state on Monday. ICE transferred 42 men to Alaska from out of state on June 8, as part of an ongoing agreem…

Group of ICE detainees held for weeks at Anchorage jail are transferred out of state

Anchorage Correctional Complex in 2020. (Photo by Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Thirty-five men who were detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in the Lower 48 and held for weeks in an Anchorage jail have now been transferred out of state, officials say. Last month, the state Department of Corrections announced that it had taken in 40 men who were arrested and detained in the Lower 48, and housed them at the Anchorage Correctional C…

ICE detainees in Anchorage sent back south for more prison time, deportation

The 41 illegal immigrants who were briefly being housed at the Anchorage Correctional Complex have been relocated to prisons in the Lower 48. Alaska took the inmates in to help relieve overcrowding in a Tacoma ICE facility. Earlier this month, six of the inmates were then relocated, and the final 35 inmates left on Monday. […] The post ICE detainees in Anchorage sent back south for more prison time, deportation appeared first on Must Read Alaska.

ICE detainees held at Anchorage jail have been transferred out of state

In a statement, the Alaska prison officials said the detainees had been “successfully transferred back to the custody of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.”

Uncertainty grows over location of ICE detainees once held in Anchorage

Several ICE detainees have been moved from the Anchorage Correctional Complex, but officials haven't said where. The lack of transparency is raising new concerns and questions.