Revealed: US to close or scale back troubled immigration detention centers

• Center in Gadsden, Alabama long a facility of serious concern'
• Advocates have complained over quality of Ice medical care

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) is planning to close a troubled detention center in Alabama and will significantly scale back the number of beds contracted at three other facilities, citing concerns about conditions, according to an internal government document seen by Reuters.

According to the document, Ice will discontinue the use of the Etowah county detention center in Gadsden, Alabama, saying it had long been a facility of serious concern, due to the quantity, severity, diversity and persistence of deficiencies identified during facility inspections".