Overview

• Ex-Pinal County sheriff Mark Lamb told Newsmax the required standard of care in ICE custody is extremely high and discourages local jails from contracting with the agency.
• Rep. Yassamin Ansari said a four-hour tour of Eloy included interviews with 23 detainees who reported over-chlorinated water, used underwear, and a leukemia patient unable to see a specialist.
• ICE and DHS reject claims of substandard conditions, and an ICE spokesperson said the detainee with leukemia has received medical attention more than a dozen times after not disclosing her diagnosis at arrest.
• CoreCivic, which operates Eloy, says it adheres to applicable federal detention standards, while Lamb publicly dismissed Ansari’s criticisms as inaccurate.
• Newsweek notes at least 13 deaths in immigration detention this fiscal year and reports a separate Eloy case in which an Ethiopian man died after months with undiagnosed HIV, as nationwide detention topped 61,000 in late August.