Immigration Detention Conditions
9 proceedings tracked · Active
Lawsuits challenging conditions of immigration detention span county jails, ICE processing centers, Guantanamo Bay, and the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador to which the U.S. has transferred individuals invoking the Alien Enemies Act. Claims sound in the Fifth Amendment's due process clause, the Eighth Amendment, the Convention Against Torture, and statutory standards set by the Immigration and Nationality Act. Courts have found constitutional violations in several facilities, including inadequate medical care and punitive conditions for individuals held civilly.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 1:25-cv-00418
D.D.C. challenge to conditions at Guantanamo Bay detention facilities used for immigration detainees, raising novel extraterritorial due-process jurisdiction questions.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 1:25-cv-01766
ICE detention-conditions challenge targeting a facility where detainees have been denied adequate medical care and held in punitive conditions despite civil immigration holds.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 5:25-cv-01873
Challenge to conditions at a Texas-area ICE processing facility, raising Fifth Amendment due-process claims on behalf of civilly detained immigrants.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 1:25-cv-13323
Fall 2025 detention-conditions suit raising Convention Against Torture claims in connection with transfers of detainees to facilities with documented abuse records.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 3:25-cv-09757
Detention-conditions proceeding that has reached a decided disposition, establishing a consent-decree framework governing conditions at a specific county-jail ICE contract facility.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 5:26-cv-00322
2026 detention-conditions challenge filed as CECOT-transfer litigation raised questions about the U.S. government's responsibility for conditions in foreign facilities it funds.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 0:26-cv-00749
Minnesota district court challenge before Judge Brasel to conditions at a Midwest ICE detention facility, raising inadequate-medical-care and punitive-conditions claims.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 1:26-cv-01024
D.D.C. 2026 detention-conditions suit focusing on the extraterritorial reach of U.S. constitutional protections for individuals held at CECOT under U.S. custody agreements.
Immigration Detention Conditions
Case No. 1:26-cv-01008
March 2026 detention-conditions challenge tracking continued reports of punitive treatment and denial of due-process rights at ICE facilities operating under expanded capacity.