The number of immigration detention centers with “superior” inspection grades has tripled since 2024. That’s according to an analysis released Tuesday by the Office of Detention Oversight. That’s a sub-agency of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
While these ratings have been on the rise, so have death rates at detention centers. 2025 was the deadliest year for people in ICE custody in the last two decades.
Also ticking up, complaints about living conditions at these facilities. Just last month, a federal judge ordered access to clean drinking water and other major changes at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino.
As of late Tuesday afternoon, ICE had yet to comment on the findings.