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After more than seven years on The Washington Post’s business desk, I’m joining the Investigations team as a rapid-response reporter. Thrilled to tackle challenging stories on a wide range of topics in the news.
Reach me on Signal: douglasmac.02
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These cops misused your service for years and went undetected by their departments, who never did audits. They only took action after journalists read the audit logs and flagged the suspicious use to the departments. Which part of catching these cops is Flock taking credit for?
Police departments are not regularly auditing how their officers use Flock, a powerful surveillance network -- so we did it for them. Three cops are now being investigated and one was arrested as a result of our inquiries.
Here's how we did it... 🧵
We got data from @HIBFlocked, which aggregates Flock "audit logs" that were released through public records requests. The data showed many officers had run hundreds or thousands of searches on a single plate.
DHS Inspector General is hiring a contractor to inspect ICE detention facilities, noting recent expansion "has stressed the system" leading to overcrowding, more detainee deaths and hiring of contractors "with little-to-no experience" sam.gov/workspace/contract/o… h/t @aaronjschaffer
We still don't know if there's any surveillance video of the January death of ICE detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos, which the coroner ruled a homicide. But GAO looked into it and found that evidence was "missing or destroyed"
this comes after DHS tried to deport two men who witnessed the events leading up to Lunas Campos's death and bravely shared those stories with me on the record washingtonpost.com/immigrati…
ICE is seeking to avoid accountability for the people who die from medical problems shortly after they are released from custody. Happy to speak about this with @ErielleReshef on @MSNOWNews
Gift link to my story here: wapo.st/4ukSrVE
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Guard at ICE detention center in Louisiana stabbed detainee with a pen because he wouldn't remove his hand from a door, per new DHS OIG report: oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/fi…
ICE's warehouse plan is back ON, with two facilities in Texas expected to open by early 2027. Gift link to my story in @washingtonpost below
We obtained a trove of internal ICE records showing detention center guards increasingly use physical force and chemical agents on detainees.
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During Trump's first year back, guards used force on ICE detainees 37% more times and on 54% more people than during Biden's last year, these records show.
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Update: ICE has switched contractors at Camp East Montana and said the facility will stay open: wapo.st/415gawR
I corrected my earlier story, which incorrectly said a document showed ICE was taking steps to close CEM. The doc only said ICE planned to terminate contract
Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me @washingtonpost
Two companies have long dominated ICE detention: Geo Group and CoreCivic. Their business model is now under threat as ICE begins turning to less experienced firms to oversee its planned detention warehouses.
New from @aaronjschaffer and me
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As communities have begged the government for more transparency around ICE warehouse plans, DHS has been quietly feeding misleading talking points to Republicans. New from @jocwapo and me
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Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me @washingtonpost
Hundreds of journalists lost their jobs today for reasons I cannot comprehend. They include some of the best reporters editors photographers in the world & I am extremely grateful to have worked with them. Please consider helping out in this difficult time gofundme.com/f/standing-toge…
ICE bought warehouses for mega-detention centers in MD & AZ and is nearing deals in GA, MO, NY, NJ, FL. Residents and local officials are pushing back -- and scored wins this week in VA & OK. But it’s not clear this can be stopped. w/ @jocwapo Gift link: wapo.st/49ZKA7W
This week, a man in ICE custody bravely went on the record telling me he witnessed guards choking another detainee to death -- an account supported by medical examiner findings. Now, DHS is trying to deport him and another one of my sources.
Gift link: wapo.st/4qR1T1U
thanks for noticing Peter! these people are my people and 100% vital to my work cc @aaronjschaffer @PerryStein @marianne_levine @mariasacchetti @FOIANate 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Really strong reporting from @dmac1 and a big team. It takes a lot of resources to do work like this; very few places can support it now.
Geraldo Lunas Campos died after a struggle with ICE detention center staff. The medical examiner believes it's homicide. ICE is now saying he tried to kill himself. But an eyewitness claims he was handcuffed while guards choked him to death.
Gift link: wapo.st/49FW4NG
