A Human Rights Watch investigation based on interviews with 11 detained individuals, family members of seven detainees, and 14 immigration lawyers found that staff at Krome North Service Processing Center, Broward Transitional Center, and Federal Detention Center in Florida subjected detained immigrants to dangerously substandard medical care, extreme overcrowding, abusive treatment, and restrictions on access to legal and mental health support from January through June 2025. By March, Krome held more than three times its operational capacity. As of June 20, 2025, over 56,000 people were in immigration detention nationally — an all-time high — with nearly 72 percent having no criminal history. The report documents two deaths linked to medical neglect, use of stun grenades against detainees, solitary confinement as punishment for seeking mental health care, and women denied care at a male-only facility.