LOCALIZE IT: Immigrant detainees allege medical neglect in facilities across at least 33 states

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Hundreds of detainees across at least 33 states allege in federal lawsuits that immigration detention facilities failed to provide them adequate medical care by denying it, delaying it or providing deficient treatment, an investigation by KFF Health News and The Associated Press has found.

U.S. jails and immigration detention centers have long struggled to meet the medical needs of the people in their charge. But the system is sagging under an influx of detentions since President Donald Trump returned to office: More than 75,000 immigrants were being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as of mid-January, up from around 40,000 a year earlier.

Detainees have filed tens of thousands of court cases using a legal pathway called habeas corpus to argue they are being held illegally. Sometimes those records detail facility conditions, including access to medical care, but unlike other civil filings they are not accessible through the online PACER court records portal because of a federal rule limiting access.

However, they are available in person at U.S. district court computers, providing a local window into how immigrants allege, often under penalty of perjury, their medical conditions are being handled in ICE custody.

This guide provides instructions on accessing cases on PACER terminals at federal courthouses along with other resources and reporting ideas. At the end of the guide, detention centers named in habeas cases identified by KFF Health News and AP are listed by state.

READ COVERAGE FROM AP AND KFF HEALTH NEWS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect

Takeaways from AP-KFF investigation into allegations of medical neglect by detainees in ICE custody

The methodology of an AP-KFF Health News investigation into medical neglect at ICE detention centers

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Puntos clave de investigación de AP-KFF sobre alegatos de negligencia médica a detenidos por el ICE

Metodología de la investigación de AP-KFF Health News sobre negligencia médica en centros del ICE

ARE IMMIGRANTS ALLEGING MEDICAL NEGLECT NEAR YOU?

On PACER, attempting to access habeas corpus records will often yield the warning, “You do not have permission to view this document.” That’s because of a federal rule limiting online access. But anyone can access those records by going to the public access terminals in the clerk’s office of the U.S. District Court where the case was filed.

There are 94 such courts, with computers that the public can use to search an unfiltered version of PACER. Journalists can pull up filings from immigrant detainees by selecting “463 (Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee)” from the “Nature of Suit” dropdown, then either read through them on the spot or print out the documents, typically at a cost of 10 cents per page.

Records for many cases are also available through Habeas Dockets, a project of the nonprofit Immigration Justice Transparency Initiative, which uses a network of volunteers to pull these records from court terminals and post them online. Depending on the region, Habeas Dockets ’ portal may already contain supporting records for a substantial number of cases in your area.

CONSIDERATIONS FOR USING PACER AT COURTHOUSE TERMINALS

— It isn’t just immigrant detainees who file habeas corpus cases. To ensure you’re looking at cases filed by immigrants, select “463 (Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee)” from the “Nature of Suit” menu. There may be more under codes like “460 (Deportation)” or “530 (Habeas Corpus (General))” but most will be “463.”

— Some states have more than one federal district court. The case filings will only be available at the district court where it was filed. For example, Iowa has two federal district courts, the Northern District of Iowa and the Southern District of Iowa. Records filed in the Northern District will only be accessible at the Northern District terminals.

— Filings in immigration-related habeas corpus cases often contain detainees’ Alien Number, or A-Number, which can be helpful for requesting interviews or connecting with them through online platforms used for people behind bars.

— Massachusetts is an exception in that the federal district court there allows habeas corpus records to go online 30 days after filing.

— If you find a case in your area, try contacting the listed attorney. If you can’t find their contact information, look up the case on Habeas Dockets then click “ → View docket on CourtListener ” and select the “PARTIES AND ATTORNEYS” tab. If you spot the term “pro se,” that means the detainee does not have a lawyer.

— Detainees are often transferred between facilities. To check where a detainee is currently held, you should be able to find them using ICE’s Detainee Locator.

— Depending on where they are held, it may be possible to message or call a detainee through an app like Securus and GettingOut.

— Though these are public records, such cases often contain sensitive personal and medical information. Some detainees fear they or their relatives could suffer retaliation if their case received broad attention. We opted not to publish detainees' names unless we were able to reach them or their lawyers/families and confirm their willingness. Your newsroom may choose to follow similar ethics.

FIND YOUR STATE: DETENTION CENTERS NAMED IN COMPLAINTS

Below are detention centers across 33 states named in complaints reviewed by AP and KFF Health News. The thousands of cases reviewed by the AP and KFF Health News represent just a fraction of habeas corpus cases filed across the country. Other states and facilities not listed here may be included in habeas corpus petitions currently only available at the local courthouse terminals. Use the information on PACER above to find potential cases of detainees alleging medical neglect near you.

(KFF Health News and AP also created an interactive highlighting several of the detention centers with excerpts from court records. Those detention centers are in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. An embed code for a version of that interactive is at the end of this guide.)

ARIZONA

Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center

Central Arizona Florence Correctional Center

Eloy Detention Center

Florence Service Processing Center

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CALIFORNIA

Adelanto ICE Processing Center

California City Detention Facility

Desert View Annex

Golden State Annex

Imperial Regional Detention Facility

Los Angeles ICE Field Office

Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center

Otay Mesa Detention Center

San Francisco ICE Field Office

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COLORADO

Denver Contract Detention Facility (Aurora)

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FLORIDA

Baker Correctional Institution

Broward Transitional Center

FDC Miami

Krome North Service Processing Center

Orange County Jail

Florida Soft Sided Facility South

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GEORGIA

Folkston D Ray ICE Processing Center

Folkston ICE Processing Center

Stewart Detention Center

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IDAHO

Minicassia Detention Center

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ILLINOIS

Broadview ICE Facility

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INDIANA

Clay County Jail

Marion County Jail

Miami Correctional Facility

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IOWA

Woodbury County Jail

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KENTUCKY

Boone County Jail

Hopkins County Jail

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LOUISIANA

Alexandria Staging Facility

Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center

Louisiana ICE Processing Center, Louisiana State Penitentiary

Jackson Parish Correctional Center

Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center

Richwood Correctional Center

South Louisiana ICE Processing Center

Winn Correctional Center

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MAINE

Fort Fairfield Station

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MARYLAND

Baltimore Field Office

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MASSACHUSETTS

Boston ICE Field Office (Burlington)

Plymouth County Correctional Facility

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MICHIGAN

Calhoun County Correctional Center

North Lake Processing Center

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MINNESOTA

Sherburne County Jail

St Paul ICE Field Office

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MISSISSIPPI

Adams County Correctional Center

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NEBRASKA

NDCS Work Ethic Camp

Phelps County Jail

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NEVADA

Henderson Detention Center

Nevada Southern Detention Center

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

Stafford County Correctional Facility

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NEW JERSEY

Delaney Hall Detention Facility

Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility

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NEW MEXICO

Cibola County Correctional Center

Otero County Processing Center

Torrance County Detention Facility

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NEW YORK

Brooklyn MDC

Buffalo (Batavia) Service Processing Center

Nassau County Jail

New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court

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OHIO

Mahoning County Jail

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OKLAHOMA

Diamondback Correctional Facility

Kay County Detention Center

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OREGON

Portland District Office

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PENNSYLVANIA

Moshannon Valley Processing Center

Philadelphia Federal Detention Center

Pike County Correctional Facility

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TENNESSEE

West Tennessee Detention Facility

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TEXAS

Bluebonnet Detention Facility

Coastal Bend Detention Center

Dilley Immigration Processing Center

El Paso Service Processing Center

El Valle Detention Facility

ERO El Paso Camp East Montana

Houston Contract Detention Facility

IAH Polk Adult Detention Facility

Karnes County Immigration Processing Center

Limestone County Detention Center

Montgomery Processing Center

Port Isabel Service Processing Center

Prairieland Detention Facility

Rio Grande Processing Center

South Texas ICE Processing Center

T. Don Hutto Detention Center

Webb County Detention Center

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VERMONT

Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility

Northwest State Correctional Facility

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VIRGINIA

Caroline Detention Facility

Farmville Detention Center

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WASHINGTON

Northwest ICE Processing Center (Tacoma)

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WYOMING

Sweetwater County Jail

Natrona County Jail

READ ADDITIONAL AP COVERAGE

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The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market. Bond yields surged as a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates at some point this year. The S&P 500 slumped 2.6% Friday, finishing with its first losing week in the last 10. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 695 points, or 1.4%. The Nasdaq composite fell 4.2%. Nvidia and Broadcom were among the heaviest weights on the market. The Labor Department reported that employers added 172,000 jobs in May, roughly double what forecasters had expected. Oil prices fell.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

Wall Street headed for its worst day in nearly eight months Friday as big technology companies lost ground and a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates at some point this year.

The S&P 500 was down 2.7% in late-afternoon trading, on pace for its first losing week in the last 10 and its biggest one-day drop since October, when the Trump administration threatened to impose a 100% tariff on imported goods from China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 773 points, or 1.5%, as of 3:18 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite slumped 4.4%.

Tech stocks dragged the broader market lower as companies that had powered the S&P 500 to a series of records the past two months saw losses. Nvidia fell 6.3%, Broadcom dropped 7.6% and Micron Technology slid 12.7%.

Shares in Meta fell 6% following a published report that the social media giant may seek to do a new stock offering to raise funds for spending on AI infrastructure.

Stocks within the S&P 500 were close to evenly split between gainers and losers. But, many of the bigger tech stocks have pricey values that tend to have an outsized influence on the broader market.

Meanwhile, bond yields jumped after a report showed the U.S. added a surprising 172,000 jobs in May, according to the Labor Department. It is the latest report showing that employment remains solid, despite the squeeze inflation is putting on businesses and consumers.

The latest reading on employment comes two weeks before Kevin Warsh heads his first policy meeting as chair of the Fed. Policymakers are widely expected to keep rates steady at the June 16-17 meeting despite pressure from President Donald Trump to lower borrowing costs. Longer-term, the market sees a better than 60% chance the Fed will push rates higher by the end of the year, according to CME FedWatch, and little to no chance of a cut.

“Any hopes of a Fed rate cut have effectively been eliminated with this morning’s strong jobs report,” said Ronald Temple, chief market strategist at Lazard, in a research note.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.54% from 4.50% just before the report was released. The yield on the 2-year Treasury, which more closely tracks the Fed’s actions, jumped to 4.16% from 4.04% just prior to the report.

The Fed has been holding interest rates steady as it tries to gauge the ongoing impact from rising inflation. Prices were already ticking higher from the impact of tariffs. The U.S. war with Iran has essentially blocked crude oil shipments from moving through the Strait of Hormuz.

The price of Brent crude, the international standard, fell 2% to settle at $93.09. It was about $70 per barrel before the war. The surge in oil prices prompted a jump in gasoline prices. That has fueled a broader rise in inflation as prices for anything being shipped move higher and threaten to slow economic growth.

A measure of inflation preferred by the Fed showed that prices rose 3.8% overall in April. That marked the biggest increase in two years.

Wall Street has been anticipating that negotiations to end the war will eventually be successful. American and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative deal last week to extend their ceasefire, but the agreement has not been finalized.

The latest round of corporate earnings is coming to a close. Lululemon slumped 8.5% after trimming its revenue and profit forecasts.

Most reports from companies have been surprisingly good and helped Wall Street on its record run. Encouraging profits and forecasts helped overshadow lingering worries about the direction of the economy amid tariffs and high energy costs because of the U.S. war with Iran.

With earnings now in the background, analysts have been warning that the tech companies benefiting from interest in artificial intelligence may have become too expensive. That could result in a slowdown for a market that has surged in 2026, with the S&P 500 up 7.7% for the year.

Markets were mixed in Europe after markets in Asia fell.

AP Business Writers Chan Ho-him and Matt Ott contributed to this report.

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