ICE Makes Humiliating Decision Over Deadly Detention Center
The Daily Beast • • nation
Key Points:
- ICE is preparing to close Camp East Montana, a $1.2 billion tent detention center in El Paso, Texas, less than a year after it opened amid allegations of severe human rights abuses and three detainee deaths.
- The facility, initially promoted as a prototype for rapid-build detention centers, faced over 60 federal violations, including inadequate medical and safety protocols, and was criticized for harsh conditions and staff misconduct.
- Despite DHS's initial defense of the center, an internal ICE document reveals plans to terminate the contract with the managing firm, Acquisition Logistics LLC, although DHS states no final decision has been made yet.
- The closure coincides with DHS's broader $38 billion plan to expand mass detention by repurposing large commercial warehouses to hold
