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Recently unearthed report raises concerns about suicide prevention at Louisiana immigration center

A recently unearthed internal report by a federal civil rights office found serious deficiences in suicide prevention practices at a privately managed immigration detention center in Louisiana, including poor staff training and mental health screening procedures that “probably resulted in the under-reporting and under-identification of detainees who are at risk for suicide.”  The 2017 report, […]