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- U.S. Department of Homeland Security bought two Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers from GEO Group for $950 million.
- California’s attorney general linked four of five recent Adelanto deaths to substandard medical care.
- ICE custody deaths have more than tripled, reaching 59 since President Donald Trump’s second term began, a decade-high.
- Detainees have filed class-action suits and staged a hunger strike over conditions, citing beatings and inadequate medical response.