Article Summary

This article is not considered a psychological operation. It reveals that the grievance system in U.S. immigration detention centers, meant to protect detainees by allowing them to report abuses and conditions like medical neglect and mistreatment, is largely nonfunctional, based on an NPR investigation involving documents, data, and interviews. The failure of this system has contributed to a rise in deaths, hunger strikes, and unchecked conditions in facilities run by ICE and private contractors.