ICE Ignores Immigrants’ Medical Needs In Detention Centers Until They Die

The report, entitled Fatal Neglect: How ICE Ignores Deaths in Detention, examined how ICE failed to comply with the agency’s own medical standards even after routine reviews identified violations of medical standards “as contributing factors in these deaths.” Inspections conducted before and after detainee deaths failed to acknowledge serious flaws. In all but one of the eight cases, facilities received passing ratings even when Office of Detention Oversight (ODO) inspections found they failed to meet proper medical care standards...
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/02/26/3753580/immigrant-deaths-ice-detention/