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US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment

by Ben FoxKate Brumback
| May 22, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no longer be used to detain immigrants, the Biden administration said Thursday.

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