Some ice detainees are unable to buy food after the payment system is low

I immigrant detention center in ICE was left without reaching the basic necessities after the interruption of third -party service programs, according to a new report.

Access corrections are one of the many private sellers that ICE uses. The company provides payment and communications processing systems to ICE detention facilities, and its programs allow the detainees to purchase commission elements such as food supplies, hygiene and medicine.

But things have moved from bad to worse for individuals, as the ice was moved from the street to face an uncertain fate; It seems that access to corrections was a problem for some time, according to what I mentioned Sfgate.

One of the men who were detained in the Ice Desert View supplement was told in the Mojave desert that he was imprisoned for 50 days, and during that time he had to rely on the kindness of other detainees of the basic elements after his many wife’s attempts to send money through software problems.

In Maine, a non -profit group called Mainers for Humane Immigration said they tried to deposit money to detainees, but were also frustrated by computer problems.

“We have called to ask us if we can go to CCJ [Cumberland County Jail] And deposit money through the kiosk, no, this is also, “The group was written in a Facebook post.” I asked about the orders of money, and they said that all commissioners are linked to reaching corrections, which means that no one can reach any money at all now. “

The man who had to rely on the generosity of the other detainees said Sfgate He lost approximately 30 lbs while he was in captivity, not only because he had no access to money, but also because food, as he said, was “unbalanced”.

He said to publish: “The food provided by the detention center was not valid.” “The only thing I can eat is instant pasta, which you can only buy from the Commissioner.”

Since Access Corrections is a company and not a public entity, it is present to achieve profit, and it is partially done by imposing fees on families and others who want to send money to the detainees. For example, in the imperial regional detention facility in Calexico, Sfgate I learned that to deposit $ 25 for the detainee, it costs the sender $ 9.95 – which is 40 percent additional for intermittent service.

To send the maximum deposit of $ 300, the sender will cost an additional fee of $ 13.95. The fees are less for smaller transactions, such as less than $ 7 to transfer 20 dollars, but this means that families who cannot bear hundreds of dollars at the same time in the system are shipped at a higher rate than those that have ways to do so.

Even when the system works, it does not necessarily mean that families can move effectively in ICE systems. Administrative errors – such as the dictated names – can limit how families interact with their detained loved ones.

When the detainees are launched, they are granted the remaining balance of the money deposited for them, which is often the money they will need to find the transportation at home.

“I feel that animals are treated better than how we are treated,” said the man held in the Mohav desert. Sfgate.

Independent Request a comment from arrival and ice corrections.