From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2006-03-15 19:42:28
www.ice.gov/graphics… Section 2 on page 2-11 Unique Population: DRO detainees are all held for administrative, not criminal law, violations. They are awaiting the adjudication of their immigration status cases, and are not being held subject to a criminal conviction. This detained population is inherently unique, requiring specialized knowledge and processes to safely and humanely hold in appropriate facilities and meet all operational demands. The DRO detained population includes illegal economic migrants, aliens who have committed criminal acts, asylum-seekers (required to be detained by law) or potential terrorists. These persons can be male, female, unaccompanied juveniles of either gender, or families. Even the detention by DRO of those with criminal convictions (criminal aliens) is strictly administrative in nature, not punitive. This necessitates different environments, standards, and population management within DRO facilities than that of other federal, state, county, or local correctional facilities. DRO detainees have unknown lengths of stay in custody because they are dependant on the speed of immigration court hearings, appeal review or removal processing.
