Immigration detention centers fail government's own standards

LA TIMES
July 28, 2009
By Anna Gorman

The federal government routinely failed to follow its own standards regulating immigration detention centers across the country, denying detainees sufficient recreation time and adequate access to attorneys, legal materials and telephones, according to a new report issued today.

As a result of the widespread violations, hundreds of thousands of detainees faced tremendous challenges in making their case to stay in the U.S. and were frequently denied basic due process rights, according to the report.

“The findings in our report raise serious of doubts as to whether the hundreds of thousands of immigrant detained each year get a fair shot at justice,â€