{"id":511479,"date":"2026-06-16T21:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/ice-modifies-detention-center-standards-following-proposals-from-private-contractor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:40:48","slug":"ice-modifies-detention-center-standards-following-proposals-from-private-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/ice-modifies-detention-center-standards-following-proposals-from-private-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE modifies detention center standards following proposals from private contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2013<\/strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) modified its national standards for immigration detention centers after receiving proposals for changes from GEO Group, one of the main private companies contracted to manage these facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to The Washington Post this Monday, the company requested the removal of references to state and local laws within the regulations governing detention centers, as well as adjustments to the language regarding the employment status of detained individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a source familiar with the conversations cited by the newspaper, these modifications could benefit GEO Group&#8217;s legal position in labor litigation it faces in various jurisdictions in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company manages more than a dozen immigration detention centers under contract with ICE. The report notes that the federal agency incorporated part of the recommendations presented by the company into the revised version of the national standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The modifications have generated questions among migrant rights advocates and civil organizations, who warn about the influence that private contractors could exert on the formulation of policies that regulate detention and work conditions within these centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, ICE has not offered additional details regarding the scope of the changes or the process by which they were approved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) modified its national standards for immigration detention centers after receiving proposals for changes from GEO Group, one of the main private companies contracted to manage these facilities. According to The Washington Post this Monday, the company requested the removal of references to state and local laws [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":511480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[44219,40499],"class_list":["post-511479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-geo-group","tag-ice"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-293F","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/images-6-1.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/images-6-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}