The latest letter, shared first with CQ Roll Call, is the next step in an investigation started in November after reports of makeshift nooses in detention cells in privately operated facilities. “And the Nakamoto Group responded to identification of weaknesses in its inspection methodologies with information that OIG determined to be false and misleading.” The two private contractors we asked for information refused to provide it, indicating that doing so was the responsibility of ICE,” they said. “The response to our investigation was distressing, revealing a failure at multiple levels. “Based on these concerns, it appears that there is no entity in charge of and taking responsibility for the conditions at ICE detention facilities,” the senators wrote. Elizabeth Warren and 10 other Democratic caucus members, including fellow 2020 presidential candidates Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey. That’s according to the latest letter from Massachusetts Sen. An investigation by Senate Democrats into the operation of ICE detention facilities by private prison companies just keeps turning up more questions.
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