Inspection finds 49 violations at nation's largest ICE detention center
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An inspection of Camp East Montana, the largest immigration detention center in the U.S., found 49 violations of national detention standards meant to protect the safety and care of people in custody.
A government inspection of Camp East Montana, the largest immigration detention center in the country, found 49 violations of national detention standards meant to protect the safety and care of people in U.S. custody.
Scripps News obtained a report filed by ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight after a February visit to the privately run camp located on the Fort Bliss Army post in El Paso, Texas.
The inspection occurred five weeks after the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, an immigrant who died in a cell after suffocating during a scuffle with guards in what a local medical examiner determined to be a homicide. ICE says staff was trying to prevent Campos from harming himself, though a 911 call obtained by Scripps News revealed Campos was in handcuffs during the encounter.
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More than a month after Campos' death, the ICE inspectors found Camp East Montana staff was failing to document required checks to prevent immigrants from attempting self-harm or suicide.
An inspection of Camp East Montana, the largest immigration detention center in the U.S., found 49 violations of national detention standards meant to protect the safety and care of people in custody.
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