Inspector general: ICE failed in conditions at child detention centers
Source: The Hill
BY BRETT SAMUELS - 06/30/18 08:27 AM EDT
An inspector general report released this week found Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does an inadequate job of inspecting its facilities and correcting poor practices. The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general said in a report that ICE’s detention centers do not regularly comply with agency standards, and cited a lack of follow up on problems identified during sweeps at its roughly 200 facilities.
The inspector general was particularly critical of the Nakamoto Group, a company that is contracted to perform inspections at about 100 facilities each year. It called the company’s inspection process “too broad,” and “not always thorough.”
When compiling their reports, some Nakamoto inspectors relied on answers from ICE employees who were not responsible for the areas the inspectors were asking about, according to the inspector general.
In other cases, Nakamoto inspectors spoke only English when interviewing detainees who did not speak English.
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