ICE Gives Detention Centers High Marks for Health Under Trump Even as Deaths Climb, Report Finds

ICE gives detention centers high marks for health under Trump — even as deaths climb, report finds

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Regular reports out of immigrant detention facilities, some as recent as last month, indicate a pattern of complaints: bad water, untrained staff and slow response times to acute and chronic medical conditions.  Despite those complaints — echoed by disability rights groups, a federal judge and the California Justice Department — Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

ICE gives detention centers high marks for health under Trump even as deaths climb, report finds

Immigrant detention centers are receiving high marks for health and safety under the Trump administration, according to a new investigation by the Project on Government Oversight.

Inside ICE’s broken system for inspecting detention facilities

By Isabel Del Mastro and René Kladzyk / Project on Government Oversight When the inspectors came to Prairieland Detention Facility, pancakes appeared on the breakfast menu, Leqaa Kordia recalled. The walls sported a fresh coat of paint. A new water cooler appeared in the intake room. In the days before the inspection in December 2025, Kordia – who had been held at the Texas ICE facility for nine months at that point – said she observed a dramati…