The rules, known collectively as ICE’s national detention
standards, were intended to prevent cases like that of Irene
Bamenga, a Frenchwoman jailed in 2011 for overstaying her visa. She died of
heart failure after her medicine was confiscated and requests for medical
attention went unheeded.
By Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times
April 13, 2017
For more than 15 years, jails that hold immigrants facing
deportation have had to follow a growing
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| Irene Bamenga |
Notify immigration officials if a detainee spends two weeks
or longer in solitary confinement. Check on suicidal inmates every 15 minutes,
and evaluate their mental health every day. Inform detainees, in languages they
can understand, how to obtain medical care. In disciplinary hearings, provide a
staff member who can advocate in English on the detainee’s behalf.
But as the Trump administration seeks to quickly find jail
space for its crackdown on illegal immigration, it is moving to curtail these
rules as a way to entice more sheriffs and local officials to make their
correctional facilities available.[…]
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