Thursday, October 1, 2026

Tag: detention center

Immigration detention center in Florida Everglades shuts down ahead of hurricane...

The facility shutdown is considered a victory by many civil rights and environmental organizations due to the possible environmental impact it had on the Everglades wetland.

DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention

Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.

Immigrants held in private northwest detention center report death, suicide attempts...

This all comes as a federal judge blocked Washington state from fully enforcing a law intended to increase oversight at the for-profit immigrant jail, run by GEO Group.

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New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses

While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
White cheddar cheese. File photo, not the recalled product. Photo: Jon Sullivan (public domain)

Raw milk cheese recalled after E. coli outbreak sickens 13 people in nine states

Eight people were hospitalized and three developed a serious kidney complication, and more than half of those sick are age 5 or younger, the CDC says.
The U.S. Capitol at night. Photo: Diliff (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
Razor wire at a prison. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse

One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.

Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...

Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.