Reports from various sources, including the U.S. Government Accountability Office and Harvard Law School, highlight the increasing use of solitary confinement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The overuse of solitary confinement is described as having devastating impacts and meeting the United Nations' criteria for torture. The United States government has placed detained immigrants in solitary confinement more than 14,000 times in the last five years, with durations often exceeding the UN's threshold for torture. The use of solitary confinement by ICE and BOP has been criticized for flouting international human rights standards, and calls for reform and restriction of its use have been made.
With new data from @P4HR, @harvardmed, & @HLS_Immigration, we learned that @ICEgov has put people in solitary confinement more than 14,000 times since 2018. This is unjust and inhumane. We must treat this practice like the torture it is and pass the End Solitary Confinement Act. https://t.co/g94czdmVbC
⚠️NEW REPORT⚠️ @NYCHousing must dramatically increase affordable housing production to confront the housing crisis. But longstanding bottlenecks plus turnover of experienced staff have caused a backlog at the agency when we can least afford it. REPORT: https://t.co/pQstRNxYda https://t.co/jydUK2eWtZ
ICE locked thousands of people in solitary confinement in 2023 as the United States continues to flout international human rights standards in its sprawling network of immigration detention facilities. https://t.co/v86xPNFiiq
U.S. solitary confinement of migrants has risen, with people often isolated for durations the UN says can constitute torture, a report said. https://t.co/M2GofIigwK https://t.co/2rZPNwUuFm
Despite the City spending more than $37 million on the program last year, @nychealthy's Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) has big gaps in oversight. Mentally ill and homeless New Yorkers aren't getting the support they need—especially when it comes to obtaining stable housing. https://t.co/JUdtd48NoG
"The United States government has placed detained immigrants in solitary confinement more than 14,000 times in the last five years, and the average duration is almost twice the 15-day threshold that the United Nations has said may constitute torture." https://t.co/E97vNSxpuo
🚨 NEW AUDIT 🚨 Due to poor management and coordination, @nycHealthy is increasingly failing to help mentally ill and homeless New Yorkers off the street and into stable housing. We need programs like Intensive Mobile Treatment to work. https://t.co/mH0lC0dPfh
Researchers from Harvard Law School issued a report on Tuesday that found that solitary confinement practices by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement met the United Nation’s criteria for “torture.” @MacHealey and Saketh Sundar report. https://t.co/r2QBdKRJiK
NEWS: @USGAO reports @OfficialFBOP has failed to implement dozens of recommendations from two prior studies on restrictive housing practices. Overuse of solitary confinement has devastating impacts, and BOP must take the necessary steps to restrict and reform its use.
“This is a sheer failure of the Biden administration to stop egregious human rights abuses,” said Tessa Wilson, a co-author of a new report about ICE’s use of solitary confinement. “The use of solitary confinement is actually only increasing.” https://t.co/t9b6NQh14U