Overview
- Recent reporting and federal lawsuits describe the WRAP being used punitively on detainees during long deportation flights.
- The Associated Press identified people restrained in WRAP suits since 2020, with witnesses in multiple countries corroborating additional cases this year.
- A Nigerian plaintiff says he and others were bound in WRAPs for a 16-hour flight to Ghana after asking to speak with a lawyer.
- DHS defends restraints on deportation flights as a longstanding safety protocol for ICE and has offered no detailed policy beyond that position.
- Safe Restraints Inc. confirms it built an ICE-specific WRAP with features for long flights, including a front ring for limited hand movement and soft elbow cuffs.