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A whistleblower is accusing doctors at an ICE detention center of surgically removing the wombs of some immigrant detainees
"I've had several inmates tell me ... they've had hysterectomies and they don't know why they went …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Ukrainian mom describes being held in Russian 'filtration camp' where she says FSB agents tried to brainwash her
The account, published in Politico, is one of the first to emerge about the conditions facing Ukrai…
Tom Porter
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Children detained in South Carolina live with feces on floors, mold on walls, and roaches in their food, suit says
The suit, filed by the NAACP and other groups, allege nightmarish conditions where children are rou…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Inside an ICE facility in Louisiana, detainees say ICE is depriving them of masks, under-testing for COVID-19, and moving migrants around the country
About 48% of detainees tested for in ICE facilities are positive for COVID-19. Detainees told Busin…
Joe Penney
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How Mylar blankets went from cutting-edge space technology to a polarizing symbol of the US-Mexico border crisis
Silver space blankets have been used in marathons and rescue operations. But recently, the sheets h…
Hannah Jiang,Robin Lindsay
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Virginia juvenile detention center new coronavirus hotspot
Experts say that prisons and jails can act as petri-dishes for the coronavirus. Social distancing …
PTI
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An immigrant in an ICE detention center tested positive for the coronavirus. Immigrant advocates are fearing the worst.
Immigration advocates fear how the coronavirus might spread in detention facilities, where people a…
Havovi Cooper,Mark Abadi
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A 13-year-old Florida girl is suing her school and Instagram after she was wrongfully detained for 11 days after a classmate reportedly framed her
Police said Nia Whims' 12-year-old classmate framed her, creating a fake Instagram account to imper…
Michelle Mark
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'Stuck in a system': Former child detainees speak out about a Tennessee juvenile detention center and the controversial judge who put them there
"Juvenile was not rehabilitation. It was more like torture," one person who served time in the Ruth…
Katie Balevic
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An ICE detention center in Arizona used excessive force and chemical agents against immigrants, a watchdog report alleges
The US Department of Homeland Security released a report on conditions at the immigration facility …
Kelly McLaughlin
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A Tennessee judge created and used policies - and a nonexistent law - to jail children, investigation finds
"I'm very harsh. I like to think I'm fair, but I'm tough," the judge, who touted her record as a di…
Katie Balevic
An immigrant in an ICE detention center tested positive for the coronavirus. Immigrant advocates are fearing the worst.
Immigration advocates fear how the coronavirus might spread in detention facilities, where people a…
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Bank of America is no longer working with companies running detention centers
For example, online bank Aspiration is specifically marketing itself as a Wells Fargo alternative f…
Gregory Magana
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who compared mask rules to the Holocaust, once said AOC 'should be shamed' for comparing migrant detention centers to concentration camps
"She should never, ever, make that comparison," Greene previously said of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Co…
Oma Seddiq
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Afghanistan's non-violent resistance against the Taliban is led by women who risk torture and detention: 'Fear is everywhere'
One protestor told Insider that talking to the Taliban doesn't work but the protests have brought i…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Edris Lutfi
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Hospital for ICE detention center accused of mass hysterectomies says it only carried out 2, casting doubt on allegations
A whistleblower claimed hysterectomies were performed on women held by Immigration and Customs Enfo…
Sinéad Baker
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ICE deported a key witness in an ongoing sexual assault investigation at a Texas detention center, report says
The DHS Inspector General initially forbade the woman's deportation, but u-turned on Monday, The Te…
Ashley Collman
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The House immigration subcommittee is investigating a whistleblower complaint accusing doctors at an ICE detention center of surgically removing detainees' wombs
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship is looking into allegations that an…
Charles Davis
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Brittney Griner is 'OK' despite extended Russian detention and denied appeal for house arrest, source says
A video of the WNBA star in handcuffs at a Moscow court emerged Thursday as her legal team was "cha…
Meredith Cash
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Russia extends the detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner as she keeps her head down in rare court appearance
The WNBA star's lawyer says her case will likely go to trial soon, given the "relatively short" len…