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ICE officers alleged to have used 'excessive' force, verbally abused detainees: Report
The report finds the medical unit at the detention center was understaffed.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Eloy, Arizona, was in violation of multiple detention standards that put the health and safety of detainees at risk, according to a new federal watchdog report.
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General's report includes allegations by detainees that officers at the La Palma Correctional Center used excessive force and findings that some verbally abused detainees.
Officials fired pepper spray at detainees and deployed chemical agents from the ceiling in order to stop a peaceful protest by detainees in April 2020, according to the report. While detainees describe this use of force as "excessive," the report states that federal detention guidelines may not have been violated since they don't specify how ICE officers should respond to civil disobedience.
An ICE official said the report's claims about detention standards were "unsubstantiated."
"ICE leadership is concerned that several findings in the report rely on uncorroborated allegations by detainees, such as when it appears that the audit team did not interview ICE or the contracting facility representatives," the official wrote in a letter to the inspector general.
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