DoomsdaysCWAttempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at #ICE’s largest #DetentionFacility
The emergency calls from a #Texas #immigration #DetentionCenter included repeated suicide attempts by detainees, seizures, injuries from fights and a pregnant woman in pain. Data from more than a hundred 911 calls, interviews with detainees and court filings offer a portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition and emotional distress.
By MORGAN LEE, RYAN J. FOLEY and MICHAEL BIESECKER
Updated 1:18 PM EST, March 6, 2026
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — "The calls to 911 poured in from staff at #CampEastMontana in Texas, the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, at a rate of nearly one a day for five months, each its own tale of pain and despair."
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911 calls reveal pain, despair at ICE'S largest detention camp
The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas. The emergencies included repeated suicide attempts by detainees, seizures, injuries from fights and a pregnant woman in pain. Data from more than a hundred 911 calls obtained by The Associated Press, interviews with detainees and court filings offer a portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition and emotional distress. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson rejected claims of subprime conditions, saying detainees receive food, water and medical treatment in a facility that's regularly cleaned.
Sue Cohen
