Following rampant allegations of racism, excessive force and other abuses against immigrant detainees, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that it will be closing two “troubled” detention centers in Georgia and Massachusetts.
Julia Ainsley of NBC News has reported that “Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directed ICE to terminate its contract with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office and transfer migrant detainees out of the C. Carlos Carreiro Immigrant Detention Center in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.”
The directive comes just months after the Massachusetts Attorney General reported that officers in the location “used excessive force against detainees — such as flash-bang grenades, pepper-ball launchers and canines — in a clash over coronavirus testing at the facility in May 2020.”
