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“DHS should not hold anyone under 18 in ICE-run or ICE-contracted detention centers, and unaccompanied children should still be transferred to HHS care.”
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“ICE should not hold children under 18 in its facilities, unaccompanied children should be handled through Health and Human Services, and vulnerable people or primary caregivers should generally avoid immigration detention when community supervision can work.”
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“DHS should stop making or renewing for-profit contracts for secure immigration detention or nonresidential monitoring, end existing covered contracts within three years, and shift detention facilities to DHS operation and detention alternatives to DHS or nonprofits.”
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“People in immigration detention should have safe conditions and real access to lawyers and other courts.”
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“People in immigration detention should have safe conditions, medical care, outside inspections, and real protection from abuse.”
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“Immigration detention centers should face regular outside oversight and the public should be able to see how they are operating.”
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“Immigration detention centers should have clear national rules, real inspections, and consequences when they fail to keep people safe.”
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“Detained people should be able to attend required court hearings outside immigration court, and people harmed by detention standard violations should be able to sue in federal court for fixes, damages, and legal fees.”
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“DHS should have to set enforceable national standards for immigration detention centers, inspect every center without warning each year, and take stronger action when centers seriously or repeatedly fail people in custody.”
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“The government should move away from private immigration detention, but it also needs a clear plan for where people will be held instead.”
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“Children and other vulnerable people should face stronger protection from immigration detention.”
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“DHS should quickly report deaths under its supervision, publish monthly data on each immigration detention facility, and update the online detainee locator within 12 hours when someone is booked, moved, released, or removed.”
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“DHS should stop using for-profit companies to run secure immigration detention centers, community supervision, or monitoring programs, and should use DHS or nonprofit operators instead.”
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“DHS should tell Congress and the public at least 180 days before building or expanding immigration detention facilities, and detention contracts should be available through public records requests even when they include commercial information.”
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“DHS should not put anyone in its custody in solitary confinement, including holding adults over 21 in a cell for more than 22 hours a day with very little time out or social contact, or leaving people 21 or younger alone for more than three hours.”
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