Advocates Raise Concerns About Detainees’ Treatment
Disability-rights lawyers and advocates say that federal immigration detainees with severe mental illnesses are being held in private psychiatric hospitals in conditions that violate state and federal law. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it is reviewing its detention policies nationwide but did not comment on allegations about specific hospitals.
- "Mentally Ill Detainees' Treatment at Hospitals Worries Advocates" (Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5/18).