ICE doesn’t adequately track solitary confinement in detention facilities, watchdog finds – By Geneva Sands (CNN) / Oct 15 2021
(CNN)US Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not adequately monitor and track its use of solitary confinement inside immigration detention facilities across the country, according to a watchdog review of the agency’s standards.
The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found that the immigration agency lacks effective oversight and clear policies to ensure accurate and comprehensive tracking and reporting on the use of solitary confinement, known as segregation.
From fiscal year 2015 through 2019, the DHS watchdog hotline received 1,200 allegations related to concerns about solitary confinement, including issues such as detainees not knowing why they had been segregated and detainees being threatened with segregation.
This is the first time the watchdog has conducted a systemic review of ICE’s use of solitary confinement, providing an overview of problems that have drawn scrutiny for years.
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