today to stop detaining immigrants in the irwin county facility, quote, as soon as possible. and there's one other very important piece of news here. i mentioned we have not heard beep about that criminal investigation into what happened at irwin. dozens of allegations of forced gynecological procedures, forced sterilizations on women detained there without their consent. the trump administration trying to deport those women in the middle of an active criminal investigation. as i mentioned, it has been radio silence on that investigation since the fall. well, nbc news did some digging on that part of it today, and here is what they found out. according to a source familiar with the federal investigation into that detention center in irwin county, georgia, that source tells nbc news today that not only is the facility the subject of a criminal investigation here. they report tonight that the doctor, that doctor, the doctor who allegedly performed these procedures, that doctor is under active investigation too. and "active" is the key word here. the source telling nbc news today

today to stop detaining immigrants in the irwin county, georgia as soon as possible. there's another important piece of news here. i mentioned that we haven't heard a beep about the criminal investigation that happened in our, when dozens of allegations about forced got a logical procedures, forced sterilizations on women getting there without the consent. the trump administration tried to report those women in the act of a criminal investigation, as i mentioned it's been radio silence on that investigation since the fall. nbc news did some digging on that part of it and here's what they found out according to a source familiar with the federal investigation into that detention center at irwin county, georgia, that source tells nbc news today that not only as the facility the subject of a criminal investigation, here they report tonight that the doctor, that doctor, the doctor who allegedly performed these procedures, that doctor is under active investigation as well, active is the key word here. a source telling nbc news today that both investigations, the one into t

meanwhile, dozens of immigrant women jailed at the irwin county detention center in georgia say they were subjected to nonconsensual and invasive gynecological procedures, including hysterectomies, that were later found to be unnecessary. immigrant rights advocates are celebrating news that ice will be terminating contracts with the jails. silky shah, executive director of detention watch network, said -- "we know that this must be the first step of many, including ensuring that people are released and not transferred to other detention facilities when contracts are cut. everyone should be able to navigate their immigration case at home and in community, not behind bars in immigration detention." in el salvador, officials say up to 40 bodies, mostly women, could be buried at the house of a former detective. hugo ernesto osorio chÁvez was arrested earlier this month for killing a woman and her daughter, which prompted the search of his home and led to the grim discovery. nine other people have been implicated in the crimes so far, including former police officers and former soldiers.

unsanitary conditions, substandard medical treatment, and worse, including recent allegations in irwin countyprocedures performed on female detainees. the presidents criminal justice plan during his campaign stated that the federal government, quote "should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of immigration detainees. mr. secretary, as the administration moves to discontinue the use of privately-run federal prisons, what steps is your department taking to end the use of privately-run immigration detention facilities? sec. mayorkas: senator, let me share with you, if i may, what i have done and what i am doing. i have read extensively about the use of detention and civil immigration proceedings as well as the conditions of detention in civil immigration proceedings. i have read accountability reports by the office of inspector general, our own office for civil rights and civil liberties. we now have a detention ombudsman, a office of detention ombudsman. and i™ve read reports by non-governmental organizations. i am very focused on the use of detention and civil i