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Investigate and shut down abusive ICE prisons!

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    Investigate and shut down abusive ICE prisons!

    Petition to Congress:
    We urge you to investigate and shut down vile, inhumane immigrant detention centers and stop DHS from building more prisons. We urge you specifically to shut down Camp East Montana and Alligator Alcatraz immediately.

    Abuse. Neglect. Suffering. Murder. This is what’s happening in Trump’s horrific ICE prisons.

    There have already been 14 deaths in ICE custody this year, setting an even faster pace than last year when 33 people died (the most in over two decades).1,2 A medical examiner ruled one of these deaths a homicide, with a witness reporting guards strangling a man at the Camp East Montana prison in early January.3,4

    Lawmakers are calling for the closure of some of the worst ICE prison camps, including Alligator Alcatraz and Camp East Montana. Congress must address the rise in deaths and widespread inhumane prison conditions NOW.

    Sign the petition: Investigate and shut down abusive ICE prisons!

    The Associated Press recently released shocking details of abuse and suffering at Camp East Montana, ICE’s largest prison: overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition, emotional distress, a Measles outbreak, thousands detained in tents, and 911 calls from inside the prison from pregnant women in pain, people who’ve been beaten, and detainees reporting self-harm.5

    "Camp East Montana was 1,000% worse than a prison," one former detainee said.6

    Reports have revealed systemic abuse at ICE detention centers from Florida to California to Pennsylvania. Lawmakers have called Alligator Alcatraz an internment camp.7

    Trump’s ballooning, record high ICE prison population will only make the abusive conditions worse and lead to more deaths.

    Congress must take urgent action to save the tens of thousands suffering in detention centers across the country.

    Sign the petition: Shut down horrific ICE prisons, including Camp East Montana and Alligator Alcatraz.

    Sources:

    1. NBC News, "14 ICE detainees have died so far in 2026," March 30, 2026.
    2. The Guardian, "2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody,” January 4, 2026.
    3. NBC News, "ICE detainee's death ruled a homicide by medical examiner," January 30, 2026.
    4. Washington Post, "Medical examiner likely to classify death of ICE detainee as homicide, recorded call says,” January 15, 2026.
    5. AP, "Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility,” March 6, 2026.
    6. Ibid.
    7. USA Today, "'Help me!' Democrats decry 'vile' conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant prison,” July 14, 2025.
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