'A Lack of oversight:' California Attorney General Wants to See Changes at Immigration Detention Centers
Inspectors found medical neglect, poor food and excessive pepper spray use as conditions worsened with staffing shortages at private jails, the report says.
- California officials released a report detailing substandard conditions at private detention centers, citing a lack of medical care, inadequate food, and excessive pepper spray use.
- Citing a lack of oversight by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, California Attorney General Rob Bonta claims for-profit operators cut staffing and services to maximize profits.
- Inspectors interviewed about 200 detainees, finding Adelanto faces medical neglect and Cal City suffers from a "crisis level" of health care understaffing where detainees reported freezing temperatures.
- GEO Group and CoreCivic dispute the findings, claiming facilities adhere to federal standards, though Bonta noted that three detainees faced delays in receiving emergency help.
- Bonta is working with state lawmakers on potential legislation to improve conditions, stating "We would consider all of our options for what we might do as well.
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'A lack of oversight': California Attorney General wants to see changes at immigration detention centers
A lack of health care, not enough food and excessive use of pepper spray: Those are just some of the findings at lockups housing thousands of immigrants, detailed in a new report released by California officials.Now the California Attorney General is telling Scripps News what he wants to see happen next.Inspectors from the California Attorney Generals office spoke to about 200 immigrants locked up in private detention centers.They discovered as …
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This article is also available en español. Read it here. Six people died in immigration detention centers in California during the past year, because these crowded centers had difficulty providing basic medical care, according to a new state investigation detailing the conditions within the facilities. The 175-page report published on Friday provides the most detailed view to date of the interior of detention centers, which are often located in …
'A lack of oversight:' California Attorney General wants to see changes at immigration detention centers
A lack of health care, not enough food and excessive use of pepper spray: Those are just some of the findings at lockups housing thousands of immigrants, detailed in a new report released by California officials.Now the California Attorney General is telling Scripps News what he wants to see happen next.Inspectors from the California Attorney Generals office spoke to about 200 immigrants locked up in private detention centers.They discovered as …
Rob Bonta, California's attorney general, denounced a “considerable” deterioration in the conditions of immigration and customs control (ICE) detention centers, following inspections at seven state facilities where overcrowding, lack of medical care, excessive use of force and unhealthy conditions were recorded. In the report presented through the California Department of Justice, Bonta documented a sharp deterioration in the conditions of immig…
“Insalubres, dangerous and inhumane,” that is the condition of ICE prisons in California, explained California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta in his latest report on the conditions in civilian detention centers operated by private companies where migrants detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) are located. This report was based on inspections carried out during 2025 and data collected until March 2026. In the study, Bont…
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