Require immigration detention facilities that remain open to take immediate corrective action and subject for-profit prison operators to serious oversight.

For those that remain, DHS must require facilities to take immediate corrective action and engage in serious oversight of these for-profit prison operators who are prioritizing their cash coffers over meeting basic health and safety standards.

Jayapal said DHS should require remaining facilities to correct violations immediately and increase oversight of for-profit detention operators.

Jayapal Statement on Damning DHS OIG Report Detailing Conditions at Winn Correctional Center - Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.5

AP reported that a GAO review found ICE rushed Camp East Montana open before construction was complete, failed required oversight of sanitary conditions and medical care, and DHS said ICE had replaced the contractor.

Within the lookback window, a federal watchdog review produced concrete oversight and a contractor replacement at one major ICE facility, but the facts point to facility-specific corrective action rather than systemwide fulfillment of the commitment.

partial later_term

Associated Press: Largest ICE detention facility wasted millions and put detainees at risk, report finds
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

Congress.gov lists H.R.536 as introduced, with latest action referral to the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee. CRS summarized that it would bar DHS from contracting with public or private for-profit entities to own or operate immigration detention facilities and add detention protections.

Jayapal-backed legislation directly addressed for-profit immigration detention and detention protections, but it did not advance beyond introduced/subcommittee referral status in the 117th Congress.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R.536 - New Way Forward Act, 117th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

The Congress.gov cosponsor page lists Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA-7] as an original cosponsor of H.R.536 on January 28, 2021.

This confirms concrete legislative effort by Jayapal on a bill aimed at ending for-profit immigration detention contracting, even though the measure was not enacted.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Congress.gov: Cosponsors - H.R.536 - New Way Forward Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Congress.gov lists H.R.5383 as introduced, with latest action referral to the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee. CRS summarized that DHS would be barred from entering or extending contracts with for-profit entities to own or operate detention facilities for aliens in DHS custody.

An earlier version of the same policy push was introduced and referred but remained at introduced status, showing serious effort but no enacted delivery.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R.5383 - New Way Forward Act, 116th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

Jayapal's office states that, as Ranking Member of the Immigration Subcommittee, she held shadow hearings, planned continued oversight at ICE facilities and detention centers, and would introduce legislation protecting immigrants' dignity and safety.

Jayapal continued oversight activity in later federal service, including hearings focused on detention abuses, but the page does not show that the promised corrective-action and for-profit-operator oversight regime has been enacted.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Immigration Oversight
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

The White House order revoked Executive Order 14006, which had directed DOJ not to renew privately operated criminal detention facility contracts.

A related federal private-prison restriction was reversed in 2025 and, in any event, had applied to DOJ criminal detention rather than DHS civil immigration detention, reinforcing that the immigration-detention promise remains unresolved.

unresolved later_term

The White House: Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%