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Solitary Watch
May 18, 2026

Trapped in “El Pozo”:As Overcrowding and Abuse in ICE Detention Increases Under Trump, So Does Solitary Confinement
By Francisco Rodriquez


During FY 2025, a report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University found that the vast majority of ICE facilities repeatedly exceeded their contractually allocated capacities—a likely indication of overcrowding. In one case, the report found that the Krome North Service Processing Center in Florida held, on average, around 158 people over capacity, exceeding its limit threefold for at least one night.


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