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ICE’s Use of Full-Body Restraints During Deportations Raises Concerns over Inhumane Treatment
A 2023 DHS report highlighted ICE’s lack of policy and training on WRAP restraints, used despite links to injuries, deaths, and at least 43 fatal cases involving the device.
- This year, the AP found U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has used the WRAP full-body restraint device during deportations, continuing despite a 2023 DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties report raising policy concerns.
- ICE officials say the WRAP secures people posing flight risks on long transports, but advocates and the DHS civil-rights inquiry say officers lack proper training and policy guidance.
- Detainees and lawsuit filings describe hourslong restraint and alleged 16-hour use, while the AP identified 43 fatal cases linked to the WRAP and Safe Restraints Inc. reports use by more than 1,800 departments.
- Legal actions and criminal charges have followed multiple fatal incidents involving the WRAP, with local police or jailers around the U.S. facing lawsuits alleging punitive or torturous misuse.
- DHS procurement records show $268,523 paid to Safe Restraints Inc. since late 2015, while ICE declined to provide AP with WRAP use records, leaving its frequency unclear.
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The device, known as “WRAP” or “human wrapper”, is used by the Immigration and Customs Control Service during deportations and faces complaints of human rights violations
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Independent EspañolThe Nigerian man described how he was woken up with other detainees in September in the middle of the night. Officials of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) put shackles on their hands and feet,...
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ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
The Nigerian man described being roused with other detainees in September in the middle of the night. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers clasped…
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