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So much so, thatthree people have died there in the last 45 days and have been reported several outbreaks of tuberculosis and measles that have already forced to impose several quarantines.
Overcrowding problems have also been reported, poor quality of food, poor medical care, attacks and sexual abuse.
According to reports The Washington Postthe Immigration and Customs Enforcement service (ICE) has sent its employees a letter announcing that they will end the contract with the private company that manages this center, located within a military base in Texas.
Said contract, valued at 1.2 billion dollars, It was awarded to the private company Acquisition Logistics in July 2025 and ended in September 2027.
Suicide, homicide…
Conditions at Camp East Montana, a megacenter that is not made up of buildings but of dozens of tents and has capacity for about 5,000 detainees, They have been criticized by several organizations in defense of human rights, which have even asked for their immediate closure.
Three people have died inside: one of them from suicideanother after a kidney failure not monitored by doctors and the third for homicide in a confrontation with center staff.
Camp East Montana, in Texas, opened as one of the largest immigration detention centers in the United States. It will have capacity for up to 5,000 people and is already facing criticism for extreme conditions and risks to human rights. pic.twitter.com/dgRBp96vRh
— Indigo Report (@Indigo_Report) August 20, 2025
In addition, since it began operating in August 2025, outbreaks of Covid, measles and tuberculosis have been recorded.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), have reported that inside Camp East Montana there are a pattern of abuses againstimmigrants, including beatings and sexual abuse by the agents.
Latest ACLU report details coercive threats to force deportations to third countries, medical negligence, hunger and insufficient nutrition, as well as the denial of effective access to legal defense, therefore, in 2025, it was the deadliest year for people in ICE custody, with more than 30 migrants died.
In fact, the American newspaper The Washington Post revealed that a forensic doctor outside the detention center reported that at least 15 undocumented immigrants who died at Camp Montana in 2025 died from suffocation.
The Trump Administration has never confirmed this figure or the poor conditions inside this center, which it now plans to close.
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