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Fight ICE secrecy

ICE’s network of for-profit detention facilities is expanding rapidly under the Trump administration. Even though these private facilities hold human beings in federal custody under federal law, they operate in secret and are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

It’s time for that to change.

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Dear Senator/Representative,

As your constituent, I am deeply concerned about the secrecy surrounding private prisons and detention centers being used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

These facilities are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act and have been able to shirk oversight for decades as a result.

Unsurprisingly, the Department of Justice has found these secretive facilities are more dangerous than their government-run counterparts.

The long-standing secrecy has grown inexcusable now that ICE is housing a record number of people in these private facilities. The Intercept has reported this includes an unknown number of pregnant women, whose health may be in jeopardy.

I am asking that you PLEASE SPEAK OUT and demand that private prisons and detention facilities that hold people on behalf of the federal government be subject to FOIA.

It is critical that the public, Congress, and even ICE be able to ensure that the private prison companies are fulfilling the terms of their lucrative federal contracts and that the people in their care are treated humanely.

This is impossible without transparency.

Now is the time to use your considerable influence to support transparency and improve public understanding of the private prison system. 
 
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