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Guantanamo Bay: “Ugly chapter of unrelenting human rights violations” – UN experts
GENEVA (10 January 2022) - On the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, UN experts* condemned the facility as a site of “unparalleled notoriety” and said its continued operation was a stain on the US Government’s commitment to the rule of law.

Guantanamo: Detainee Accounts : VI. Punishment
Former detainee Shah Mohammed Alikhil told Human Rights Watch:
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

Offshoring Human Rights: Detention of Refugees at Guantánamo Bay | International Refugee Assistance Project
MAJOR UPDATE: Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to End Temporary Protected Status. Learn more.

An ICE facility in the Everglades is under scrutiny for the treatment of detainees
Detainees at an ICE facility in the Florida Everglades referred to Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishments from guards.

The Trump Administration Is Imprisoning Somali Immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”

Guantánamo’s Other History - Boston Review
Four months after the first Haitian vessel sailed into Guantánamo Bay, another arrived at Pompano Beach. More followed, showing up in the Keys, Port Everglades, and other sites up and down the South Florida coast. The INS was no more sympathetic to the claims of these Haitians than they were to those at Guantánamo, and they attempted to send virtually all of them back to Haiti after brief and cursory interviews.

USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policies on mass detention and deportation, access to due process, and detention conditions since President Trump took office on 20 January 2025. In particular, it focuses […]

USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policies on mass detention and deportation, access to due process, and detention conditions since President Trump took office on 20 January 2025. In particular, it focuses […]

Guantanamo Detainee Was Tortured, Says Official Overseeing Military Trials
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Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU
At the border, you are likely to encounter Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, and you may encounter Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents. HSI is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Know your rights in these scenarios.

ICE Detention Facilities - Directory
This directory provides transparency and information about ICE detention facilities across the United States.
ICE Detention Trends | Vera Institute of Justice
Every year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subjects hundreds of thousands of people to civil immigration detention—a practice that is unjust, inhumane, and completely unnecessary. It does so under a veil of secrecy, sharing only limited, often error-prone statistics with the public. ICE’s failure to regularly release accurate, complete, and accessible data to the public enables it to operate its multi-billion-dollar detention network with impunity and little oversight.

NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵

An ICE facility in the Everglades is under scrutiny for the treatment of detainees
www.oig.dhs.gov

Alligator Alcatraz’s Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz

USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up…
Guantanamo: Detainee Accounts : VI. Punishment

St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay

The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo

1st migrant flight at Guantanamo Bay arrives, carrying 'worst of the worst'

Offshoring Human Rights: Detention of Refugees at Guantánamo Bay | International Refugee Assistance Project

Guantanamo Detainee Was Tortured, Says Official Overseeing Military Trials