"He had searched her car hundreds of times over a span of about 13 months, sometimes dozens of times a week, the audit records showed." @drewharwell.com, @douglasmac.bsky.social, and @aaronschaffer.com for @washingtonpost.com

Yikes, this story by @drewharwell.com, @douglasmac.bsky.social, and @aaronschaffer.com about police officers using Flock's license-plate readers to stalk women.

How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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New reporting by Doug MacMillan and colleagues at The Washington Post shows ICE packed roughly 86 people into one Manhattan room built for a handful. 🧵 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Powerful visualization of horrifying conditions of confinement in ICE's holding room cells, based on testimony of brave detainees who came forward to sue ICE and challenge abuses at 26 Federal Plaza. Great reporting by @douglasmac.bsky.social as usual! wapo.st/3R6bdmr

ICE officials warned of dangerous crowding. See how they kept packing people in.

Dozens were held for days in small rooms last year with no beds, showers or full-time medical staff, records analyzed by The Post show.

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DHS Inspector General is hiring a contractor to inspect ICE detention facilities, noting that recent expansion "has stressed the system" leading to overcrowding, more detainee deaths and hiring of contractors "with little-to-no experience" sam.gov/workspace/co... h/t @aaronschaffer.com

ICE detainees pay up to 2X what they would pay at Walmart for the same product

Geo Groups CEO's compensation went up considerably this year because the company is performing so well. A significant number of shareholders voted against the compensation package at the company

Doug MacMillan@douglasmac.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ICE's largest contractor privately asked the Trump administration to remove protections for immigrant detainees who work for as little as $1 a day. In ICE's new national detention standards, they got their wish. Gift link to story: wapo.st/4giIJjm

ICE's largest contractor privately asked the Trump administration to remove protections for immigrant detainees who work for as little as $1 a day. In ICE's new national detention standards, they got their wish. Gift link to story: wapo.st/4giIJjm

Great reporting by @douglasmac.bsky.social. GEO's push to change ICE standards is a direct response to successful lawsuits brought by immigrant detainees finding minimum wage violations and unjust enrichment for their $1/day "voluntary" work program. The swamp just got deeper. wapo.st/4giIJjm

ICE removed detainee protections after private outreach from top contractor

In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit Geo Group’s legal defense.

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We still don't know if there's any surveillance video of the January death of ICE detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos, which the coroner ruled a homicide. But GAO looked into it and found that evidence was "missing or destroyed" www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...

ICE is seeking to avoid accountability for the people who die from medical problems shortly after they are released from custody. Happy to speak about this on @msnowreports.bsky.social Gift link to my story here: wapo.st/4ukSrVE

Guard at ICE detention center in Louisiana stabbed detainee with a pen because he wouldn't remove his hand from a door, per new DHS OIG report: www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...

ICE is moving forward with its plans to convert commercial warehouses into mass detention camps which may become the largest prisons in the entire country. Initially, ICE planned to open the first one by now. That never happened. Now they’re targeting early next year.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3mo ago

Breaking news: The DHS is moving forward with its plan to convert warehouses around the country into immigration detention centers, despite mounting legal challenges and a government watchdog probe into the agency’s purchases of the buildings.

ICE warehouse plan is back ON, with two Texas facilities expected to open by early 2027. New @washingtonpost.com: wapo.st/4uUqvsF

ICE moving forward with warehouse detention plan despite lawsuits, probe

New warehouse contracts in Texas are expected to be awarded after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin initially called for a review of the plan.

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We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)

We obtained a trove of internal ICE records showing detention center guards have increasingly used physical force and chemical agents on detainees. Gift link: wapo.st/4tdgBRA story w/ @abtran.bsky.social & team

"The incident was one of at least 780 in which staff members at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities used physical force or chemical agents to control immigrant detainees during the first year of the Trump administration." Gift link: wapo.st/4tdgBRA

Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers

The reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents and physical tactics on detainees, including groups demanding adequate water, food and medical care.

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Update: ICE has switched contractors at Camp East Montana and said the facility will stay open: wapo.st/415gawR I corrected my earlier story, which incorrectly said a document showed ICE was taking steps to close CEM. Actually, the document only said ICE planned to terminate contract.

Doug MacMillan@douglasmac.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months, 60 violations and three deaths later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me: t.co/jOIIRAMJCo

They reincorporated in Tennessee shortly later (h/t @aaronschaffer.com)

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 5mo ago

A review of Puerto Rico business records shows that SK2 LLC — the firm ICE hired in November to broker the purchase of warehouses around the U.S. — filed to dissolve the company in February. The company had just been added to the WEXMAC TITUS contract vehicle in January.

A great honor to join @wbur.org's On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti yesterday to talk about who profits from ICE detention, alongside the astute @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social. Catch the whole conversation here: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

Who will profit off of ICE’s new detention warehouses?

The Trump administration has a $38 billion plan to convert commercial warehouses into massive detention centers for people facing deportation. Inside the Trump administration's massive expansion of de...

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As the Trump administration embarks on a $38 billion plan to convert industrial warehouses into large-scale holding centers, it is turning to relatively untested businesses to rapidly build and operate the facilities.

ICE selects untested firms to oversee new warehouse detention centers

The Trump administration has picked new companies to oversee warehouse detention centers, despite their relative lack of experience in immigrant detention.

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Local Republicans are getting slammed so hard on ICE warehouse plans that DHS is having to feed them talking points @douglasmac.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

DHS feeds talking points to Republicans as opposition to ICE warehouses swells

DHS sent talking points to Republican officials to promote migrant detention centers while communities complained about a lack of transparency.

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Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months, 60 violations and three deaths later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me: t.co/jOIIRAMJCo

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows

Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

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ICE has been buying warehouses around the US, with plans to turn them into a network of processing & detention centers to hold migrants. Our @pbsnews.org segment with @elizlanders.bsky.social @kylemidura.bsky.social and conversation with @douglasmac.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

ICE spending billions to turn warehouses into migrant detention facilities

For months, ICE has been quietly buying industrial warehouses around the country, reportedly with plans to turn them into a network of immigration detention and processing centers to hold tens of thou...

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ICE just bought warehouses for mega-detention centers in MD & AZ and is nearing deals in GA, MO, NY, NJ, FL. Residents and local officials are pushing back, and scored wins this week in VA & OK. But it’s not clear this plan can be stopped. w/ Jonathan O'Connell. Gift link: wapo.st/49ZKA7W

ICE buys warehouses for mass detention network, rattling locals

ICE officials have quietly begun notifying warehouse owners and local officials of their interest in specific properties, prompting efforts to block the projects.

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This week, a man in ICE custody bravely went on the record telling me he witnessed guards choking another detainee to death -- an account supported by medical examiner findings. Now, DHS is trying to deport him and another one of my sources. Gift link: wapo.st/4qR1T1U

Geraldo Lunas Campos died Jan. 3 after a struggle with ICE detention center staff. The medical examiner believes it's homicide. ICE is now saying he tried to kill himself. But an eyewitness claims Lunas Campos was handcuffed while guards choked him to death. Gift link: wapo.st/49FW4NG

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says

A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

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SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says

A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

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