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Donald Trump's plan would curtail protections for detained Immigrants

New contracts will require that jails maintain policies for suicide prevention, solitary confinement

Demonstrators at the concourse of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport where more than 1,000 people gathered on Saturday to protest the order restricting immigrants' entry to the US
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Demonstrators at the concourse of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport where more than 1,000 people gathered on Saturday to protest the order restricting immigrants' entry to the US (Photo: AP/PTI)

Caitlin Dickerson | NYT
For more than 15 years, jails that hold immigrants facing deportation have had to follow a growing list of requirements:

Notify immigration officials if a detainee spends two weeks or longer in solitary confinement. Check on suicidal inmates every 15 minutes, and evaluate their mental health every day. Inform detainees, in languages they can understand, how to obtain medical care. In disciplinary hearings, provide a staff member who can advocate in English on the detainee’s behalf.

But as the Trump administration seeks to quickly find jail space for its crackdown on illegal immigration, it is moving to curtail these rules