US news | The GuardianMar 6
‘Abject cruelty’: review of 911 calls from Texas ICE detention facility reveals disturbing conditions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/texas-ice-detention-center-el-paso #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #Texas #UsImmigration #UsPrisons #UsNews
‘Abject cruelty’: review of 911 calls from Texas ICE detention facility reveals disturbing conditions

Overcrowding, medical neglect and malnutrition are regular features of Camp East Montana in El Paso

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US news | The GuardianFeb 18
Women in California prison accuse staff cook of rape and urge criminal charges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/california-womens-prison-ciw-chino #California #UsPrisons #UsNews #WorldNews #WestCoast
Women in California prison accuse staff cook of rape and urge criminal charges

Exclusive: After investigators concluded an abuse incident occurred, women speak out for first time – ‘I was so scared to tell anybody’

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Opinion | The Guardian USFeb 17
ICE holds people in disgusting conditions. Now it’s turning warehouses into camps | Moira Donegan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/ice-holds-people-in-disgusting-conditions-now-its-turning-warehouses-into-camps #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsImmigration #TrumpAdministration #UsPrisons #UsPolitics #UsNews
ICE holds people in disgusting conditions. Now it’s turning warehouses into camps

The Trump administration has bought warehouses across the US that could hold thousands. But resistance is growing

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US news | The GuardianFeb 5
Oregon must dismiss more than 1,400 cases due to attorney shortage, court rules https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/05/oregon-supreme-court-ruling-attorney-shortage #Oregon #WestCoast #UsNews #WorldNews #UsPrisons
Oregon must dismiss more than 1,400 cases due to attorney shortage, court rules

Severe lack of public defenders has meant people charged with crimes have been routinely unable to fight their cases

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World news | The GuardianJan 30
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/alabama-solution-activist-solitary-confinement #DocumentaryFilms #Alabama #UsPrisons #Film #Culture #UsNews
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary

Transfer of subjects of acclaimed film about inhumane prison conditions described as ‘straight-up retaliation’

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Culture | The Guardian USJan 30
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/alabama-solution-activist-solitary-confinement #DocumentaryFilms #Alabama #UsPrisons #Film #Culture #UsNews
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary

Transfer of subjects of acclaimed film about inhumane prison conditions described as ‘straight-up retaliation’

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US news | The GuardianJan 30
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/alabama-solution-activist-solitary-confinement #Alabama #UsPrisons #DocumentaryFilms #Film #Culture #UsNews
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary

Transfer of subjects of acclaimed film about inhumane prison conditions described as ‘straight-up retaliation’

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US news | The GuardianJan 14
I witnessed the brutality of America’s prisons first hand. We need urgent reform | Alex Duran https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/14/prisons-brutality-us-reform #UsPrisons #UsPolitics #UsNews #NewYork #Alabama #Maine
I witnessed the brutality of America’s prisons first hand. We need urgent reform

It shouldn’t take suing departments of corrections or capturing atrocities on illegal cellphones to see what happens behind prison walls

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Opinion | The Guardian USJan 14
I witnessed the brutality of America’s prisons first hand. We need urgent reform | Alex Duran https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/14/prisons-brutality-us-reform #UsPrisons #UsPolitics #UsNews #NewYork #Alabama #Maine
I witnessed the brutality of America’s prisons first hand. We need urgent reform

It shouldn’t take suing departments of corrections or capturing atrocities on illegal cellphones to see what happens behind prison walls

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US news | The GuardianJan 10
Ilhan Omar and two other House members blocked from visiting ICE facility in Minnesota https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/10/ilhan-omar-house-members-ice-facility-minnesota #Minnesota #IlhanOmar #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsPrisons #UsImmigration #Minneapolis #UsNews
Ilhan Omar and two other House members blocked from visiting ICE facility in Minnesota

Democrats ejected even though judge ruled Congress members can’t be barred from visiting ICE facilities

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