ICE ending Etowah County immigration detention after 'long history of serious deficiencies'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : An Alabama jail will no longer house undocumented immigrants, according to an announcement Friday by federal authorities.
62% : Finally, ICE will continue to closely monitor conditions, including ongoing construction and remediation work at the facility, and take additional action as necessary.
57% : ICE will provide DHS an assessment from the CRC on key findings.
56% : The Etowah County Detention Center has had a longstanding federal contract - roughly 25 years - with ICE to hold undocumented immigrants during removal proceedings and pending removal.
56% :ICE will also assign a Custody Resource Coordinator to work with the population.
55% :ICE will continue to review other immigration detention centers and monitor the quality of treatment of detained individuals, the conditions of detention, and other factors relevant to the continued operation of each facility.
53% : According to the statement released by ICE, the agency will discontinue use of the Alabama lockup as soon as possible, "consistent with the 30-day termination notice requirement and any legal obligations.
53% : The jail has had an average daily ICE population of about 50, which he said is true for most jails that contract with ICE.
49% : Since the May 20, 2021, memorandum on immigration detention issued by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, ICE has taken significant additional steps to review the detention system, including observations, analysis, and expertise provided by personnel at ICE, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, and others, the ICE statement read"Mayorkas has committed to review detention facilities to assess whether their conditions are humane, meet applicable standards, and represent a responsible use of appropriated funding,'' the statement continues.
49% :ICE will reduce the guaranteed minimum at Winn Correctional Center to better match the appropriate use of the facility, more closely aligning the guaranteed minimum to Winn's historical and recent staffing constraints.
49% : Acting Director Tae D. Johnson instructed ICE staff to begin preparations, including the relocation of ICE personnel as needed and the transfer of detained noncitizens whose continued detention remains necessary to achieve the agency's national security, public safety, and border security mission or is otherwise required by law, the statement reads.
48% : The Alamance County Detention Facility, which is currently used for long-term detention, will only be used for short periods of custody - under 72 hours - if it meets applicable standards, ICE stated.
46% : As of 2016, an average of about 300 ICE detainees were incarcerated in the Etowah County facility at any given time under a federal contract that allows ICE to house detainees there in exchange for a per diem of $45 per inmate per day.
45% :The sheriff said ICE just scheduled 135 detainees to come in next which, which is the most since Etowah County Detention Facility has seen post-COVID.
43% : In recent years, ICE has reduced its use of the Glades County Detention Center, in part due to persistent and ongoing concerns related to the provision of detainee medical care, and because the facility is of limited operational significance.
42% : When told ICE cited deficiencies by way of explanation of the closing, Horton said, "We've got evidence of just the opposite.
37% : U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, will discontinue use of the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, and will limit the use of the three other southern detention facilities: Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, FL., Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, LA., and Alamance County Detention Facility in Graham, N.C.

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