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ICE Detention Conditions 2025

The conditions in ICE detention centers, including healthcare and safety problems, and comparisons to federal prisons.

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Jan 27, 2026
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What are the living conditions in ICE detention centers compared to federal prisons?

vary widely in size and management, but reporting shows many operate like prisons—secured facilities with strict controls, frequent overcrowding, and persistent problems in health care and oversight—w...

Jan 31, 2026

What evidence links increased detention funding to changes in detention conditions or deportation rates since the bill’s passage?

’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act () dramatically raised funding for detention—$45 billion authorized over several years and a roughly three- to four‑fold jump in annual detention appropriations— and sourc...