A new report says detainees in a Texas jail had problems. The report is from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union. The jail is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Detainees said guards beat them often. They also said there were other abuses.

The report is 84 pages long. It came out on Wednesday. It talks about Camp East Montana. The camp is on the U.S. Army's Fort Bliss in El Paso. The group talked to 71 detainees over five months. 64 of them said staff hit them. They also saw other people get hurt.

Detainees said they did not get medical care. They lived in dirty places. The food was not good to eat. Some said they could not call a lawyer or their family. The report said bathrooms had feces on them. The housing had water on the floor. People had no soap. Guards beat them for hunger strikes, medical requests, or complaints.

The Department of Homeland Security said the reports are "categorically false." It said no detainees are abused. At least three detainees died at the camp since August. One death was a homicide. A federal report said evidence was "missing or destroyed." ICE changed the camp's contractor in March. An internal review found 49 problems.

The report said staff told detainees to give up their immigration claims. They also told them to go to other countries. The report said some things could be enforced disappearances. This is a possible violation of international law. Human Rights Watch and the ACLU asked the Trump administration to close the camp. They also asked for independent investigations.