
July 16th, 2026
A new report says detainees in a Texas jail reported beatings and other bad treatment.
The report is from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The jail is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.
It is at Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso.
The report is 84 pages long.
It came out Wednesday.
The report covers 71 detainees.
They talked to reporters over five months.
64 of them said staff hit them or they saw others hit.
Detainees also said they did not get medical help.
They lived in dirty places.
The food was not good to eat.
Some said they could not call lawyers or family.
The report said bathrooms had feces on them.
Housing had water on the floor.
There was no soap.
People said guards beat them for hunger strikes, asking for help, or complaining.
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 it opened in August.
One death was called 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 pushed detainees to give up immigration claims or go to other countries.
It 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.
July 16th, 2026


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