US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to place its private detention network beyond the reach of state inspectors, publishing draft contract terms that declare state and local laws “shall not apply” to the facilities, according to federal documents reviewed by WIRED. The new terms were published earlier this month, a day after a federal judge ruled that a contract cannot override state law and ordered ICE’s largest Pacific Northwest detention center opened to Washington health officials. The ruling, by US District Judge Benjamin Settle, came only after three years of litigation; 10 ...
ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’
