detainee
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For years, Homeland Security relied on a unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs, its financial services center, to process reimbursement claims for detainee medical care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"This is not the first death of a detainee at Delaney Hall, and absent decisive action, it will not be the last," he said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
In her order, Sykes barred the government from placing detainees in administrative segregation unless doing so was necessary to address a security threat to staff or the facility, or if a detainee requested it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
If a legislator is visiting for an inspection, they are now required to present privacy waivers for each detainee they want to speak with, which must be signed by the detainee.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The detainee who is wise enough to realize this will never find any cause for complaint, but only all conceivable help, to erase the memory of what he had been accused of.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
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