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The new immigration detention standards set by the Trump administration weaken critical protections and lower oversight requirements. The consequences for the health and safety of people who are detained could be disastrous.

In March of last year, the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a scathing Whistleblower Report regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which reported (among other things) that ICE “systematically provided inadequate medical and mental health care and oversight to immigration detainees in facilities throughout the U.S.”

Last month, ICE issued revised National Detention Standards. To the surprise of absolutely no one even remotely familiar with the Trump administration, far from correcting any issues, ICE chose to be even more cruel.

“ICE no longer requires facilities governed by the NDS to maintain current accreditation with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).”

“Also gone is the requirement that health assessments of detainees be performed according to national correctional standards.”

“The new NDS no longer requires health care and medical facilities at these jails to be under the direction of a licensed physician.”

“ICE has now weakened reporting and record-keeping requirements in the event of a detainee’s death at these facilities.”

“The prior version of the NDS barred officers from the use of ‘hog-tying, fetal restraints, tight restraints, improperly applied’ against immigrant detainees — but this restriction is now eliminated.”

“The new NDS broadens allowable reasons to place a detainee in solitary confinement and has removed specific protections for detainees in disciplinary proceedings facing solitary confinement.”

“ICE no longer requires that hold rooms have toilets with modesty panels, and removes the ratios for the number of toilets per detainee.”

“The new NDS no longer requires facilities to guarantee non-governmental organizations access to detention facilities.”

“The new NDS eliminates a list of required immigration law materials that each facility must maintain in their law libraries, and limits indigent detainees to only five pieces of legal mail per week. Detainees may be subject to strip searches after an attorney visit.”

A detailed list summarizing the changes is here.

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