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Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility since its opening, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.

Data and recordings from more than a hundred 911 calls at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, along with interviews and court filings, offer a disturbing portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition and emotional distress.

Current and former detainees describe a camp where about 3,000 people have lived per day in loud and unsanitary quarters. They say detainees struggle to obtain health care as disease spreads, lose weight because of a lack of food, and fear security guards known to use force to put down disturbances.

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 15 points 18 hours ago

at ICE's largest detention camp

Fark you, AP news. Call it what it is: a concentration camp.

[–] homes@piefed.world 35 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Oh really? A detention center designed by a bunch of psychopathic Nazis is “worse than prison“? Who would’ve thought??

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, think this has been established. The more details we get from the kidnappees, the better, at least in my opinion. Has anyone from the press been allowed in with cameras to take any pictures? That'd probably (well, probably not, now that I think about it) shock the world into doing something about it.

[–] homes@piefed.world 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

I’m not implying that this is something that is normal and should be accepted as such. It’s just that it should be no surprise that these detention centers are basically concentration camps, considering those who are in charge of building them and running them.

And, yes, the more attention this gets, the better.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, I wasn't saying anything about you, I was just agreeing. Sorry about that, my mistake.

[–] homes@piefed.world 2 points 20 hours ago
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

They don't allow cameras anywhere near these places. Heck, they will tell the inmates in a normal jail that if you even attempt to talk to inspectors you'll get thrown in the hole. They ensure that the stuff that should be reported, never gets noticed or talked about.

[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

If there is no due process served than these people are not detained. So that's not a detention camp. It has a different name.

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

'Worse than a prison': 911 calls, interviews reveal problems at ICE's largest concentration camp

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Malfunctioning bot account? Lol

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

There does appear to be some sort of bot out there that keeps soft-peddaling concentration camps as detention facilities.

I think it's the same bot that calls children that were raped young women.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Ah, so it is functioning as intended.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 21 hours ago

That's because it's a concentration camp not a prison.

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

If anyone truly cared and there was authentic humanity there would not be any of these places in existence