I strongly suggest people read the ACLU's report, "Resistance, Retaliation, Repression: Two Years in California Immigration Detention". It was published in 2024 but no doubt the issues raised in here have only gotten worse as CoreCivic has expanded its contracts dramatically

https://www.aclunorcal.org/publications/resistance-retaliati...

Some of those issues:

- forced labor in order to afford to eat. The $1/day "Voluntary Work Program" is necessary to afford enough food and there is retaliation if you refuse (including solitary confinement). CoreCivic sells this labor to companies

- dozens of documented deaths from forced labor and medical neglect

- extensive use of solitary confinement often for "minor disciplinary infractions or as a form of retaliation for participating in hunger strikes or for submitting complaints"

They murdered people in the street in broad daylight. We should not for a second believe that treatment is somehow better in detention, where the cell phones of bystanders are not filming. These detention centers for years have had deaths from "natural causes" that are caused by things like heatstroke, hypothermia.

I find those that support this unpalatable. Empathy is humanity and a sign of intelligence.