Phase out the use of private immigration detention facilities and jails over three years.

The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act would: ... Phase out the use of private detention facilities and jails over a three-year period;

Smith's bill would end reliance on private detention facilities and jails over a three-year period.

Smith, Jayapal Introduce Legislation to End Inhumane Immigration Detention Conditions | Congressman Adam Smith
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ICE's detention-reengineering plan calls for acquiring and renovating eight large-scale detention centers and 16 processing sites, plus taking over 10 existing facilities, to raise capacity to 92,600 beds.

This is the opposite of a phase-out: federal planning in 2026 was still expanding detention capacity and relying on facilities that can include private operators and contract sites.

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ICE Plans $38 Billion Expansion of Immigration Detention Facilities
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The report says ICE detention capacity was nearing 90,000 and that more than 50 people had died in ICE custody in the first 500 days of the administration, with DHS inspector general inquiries underway.

A fresh June 2026 account shows the detention system is still active and expanding, with no sign of a three-year phase-out being completed.

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UN calls for 'prompt investigations' of deaths in US immigration custody
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