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Detainees at Folkston ICE center used video software to expose conditions

10/8/2026

Four men detained at the Folkston ICE Processing Center in rural Georgia used the facility's video conferencing software to document conditions inside the facility and describe President Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the immigration courts.

The group released a five-minute video in which they describe a legal system they say is intentionally dysfunctional, designed to keep them in federal custody for months or years within privately owned facilities that profit from their confinement.

The act of recording and sharing the video carried costs for the detainees, both literal and figurative.

The Folkston ICE Processing Center operates a work program for detainees, paying them low wages for tasks such as cooking, laundry, and cleaning.

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