Judge Orders Massachusetts Sheriff to Hand ICE Detainee Records to ACLU
Judge James Budreau said most of the requested records can be redacted, rejecting the sheriff’s claim that federal law blocks release.
- On Wednesday, Judge James Budreau ordered Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph McDonald to release anonymized health records of immigrant detainees, rejecting arguments that federal immigration contracts exempt state agencies from public records laws.
- The American Civil Liberties Union sued after Sheriff McDonald denied a public records request in December, with McDonald's attorneys arguing federal dominion over immigration law pre-empted Massachusetts public records requirements.
- Plymouth County Correctional Facility, the only Massachusetts jail housing ICE detainees, currently holds 479 men under a federal contract where the agency pays Sheriff McDonald $215 per day per occupied bed.
- Sheriff McDonald confirmed he intends to comply with the order without filing an appeal, a move ACLU managing attorney Dan McFadden called important for "government transparency and the rights of immigrant detainees."
- Reports indicate at least 85 instances of medical neglect in detention facilities since January, and 57 people have died in ICE custody nationwide since January, intensifying scrutiny of care standards.
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The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office must hand over hundreds of anonymized health records of immigrant detainees following a Massachusetts court ruling. Judge James Budreau issued the...
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Judge orders Massachusetts sheriff to hand ICE detainee records to ACLU
The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office must hand over hundreds of anonymized health records of immigrant detainees following a Massachusetts court ruling.
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