ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions inside
Four men detained at an ICE detention center in rural Georgia used the facility's video conferencing software to expose both the conditions inside and President Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the…
Detainees are seen in a yard at the Folkston ICE Processing Center on September 9, 2025, in Folkston, Georgia. (Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images
Four men detained at an ICE detention center in rural Georgia used the facility's video conferencing software to expose both the conditions inside and President Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the immigration courts. In the five-minute video, the men describe an intentionally dysfunctional legal system designed to keep them trapped in federal custody for months or years - in privately owned facilities that profit from their confinement.
The video cost the men, literally and figuratively. The Folkston ICE Processing Center has a work program for detainees in which they are paid a pittance to cook, do laundry, or clean. These wages allow t …
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