Women at Louisiana ICE facility report beatings, medical neglect, family separation
Jul 29, 2026·Location: Basile, LA

In a smuggled video from the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, run by GEO Group, detained women describe abuse, medical neglect and family separation. Larina, one of the women, says ICE separated her from her five-month-old daughter after she called police during a domestic violence incident and was arrested instead of her husband; she says she has been ordered deported but has remained detained for three months. Kelly, a Venezuelan woman with one failing kidney, says the facility has denied her testing, medication and specialist care. Other women describe a miscarriage, pregnancy without adequate care, an amputation, and say one detainee was placed in solitary confinement after recording a video, while others faced hitting and threats for speaking out.
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