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Records reveal repeated medical and mental health emergencies at large ICE detention facility in Texas
ICE may close Camp East Montana after reports reveal overcrowding, medical neglect, and at least two deaths in the facility housing about 3,000 detainees daily, officials said.
- Records obtained by The Associated Press show serious medical and mental-health emergencies have been routine at Camp East Montana, with staff placing 130 911 calls, nearly one per day for five months.
- The camp was hastily constructed after a contract awarded to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a Virginia contractor, now worth up to $1.3 billion amid billions in new funding and fast ICE detention expansion.
- Calls and recordings detail at least 20 seizures causing serious head trauma, fights, and assaults, with three detainees dead including Geraldo Lunas Campos whose death was ruled a homicide.
- The center is currently closed to visitors until March 19 due to a measles outbreak, and DHS and ICE consider closure or contract termination while U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar calls for investigations.
- ICE records indicate Camp East Montana averaged about 3,000 people daily and held over 3,100 in January, with 80% having no criminal record.
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Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE's largest detention facility
EL PASO, Texas — The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana in Texas, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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