Camp East Montana: 49 Serious Violations Uncovered

0:00A recent inspection at Camp East Montana, the biggest immigration detention spot in El Paso, Texas, uncovered 49 serious violations. These breaches of national standards put detainees at risk of excessive force, disease outbreaks, and other unsafe setups in areas like security and medical care. ICC's Office of Detention Oversight ran the three-day check in February, the first one since the camp rushed open last summer. They dropped the full report online this week after a congressional push. Attorney Randall Collinan, repping the family of a 36-year-old detainee who died there in January, slammed the findings as scathing and gave. The place in F-grade. He's spotlighting at least three deaths since it opened, with dangers from poor medical and mental health care, plus threats from other inmates. This tally stands out. Most other oversight checks this year topped out at just 13 deficiencies. Issues hit hard on force and restraints, plus gaps in overall safety protocols. These like this keep drawing heat, and with reports like these piling up, pressure mounts

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