Report on alleged conditions at ICE’s Florida detention sites prompts Catholic leaders’ call for change

Report on alleged conditions at ICE’s Florida detention sites prompts Catholic leaders’ call for change

(OSV News) — A new report alleges that three Florida immigration detention sites deny timely medical care, potentially resulting in deaths, and have freezing and overcrowded cells with no bedding or hygiene access. The sites are also accused of carrying out degrading treatment, including beatings, shackling and isolation, with detainees being forced to eat with their hands cuffed behind their backs. The allegations about inhumane conditions at t…

Report on alleged conditions at ICE's Florida detention sites prompts Catholic leaders' call for change - The Record Newspaper

Young men walked at a detention facility for youths incarcerated on immigration-related issues in Homestead, Fla., near Miami, June 29, 2019. A Human Rights Watch report released July 21, 2025, alleges three federal detention sites in Florida subject migrants to degrading treatment, including beatings, shackling and isolation, with detainees being forced to eat with their hands cuffed behind their backs. (OSV News photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters) B…