<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of abuse allegations. </p>
<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said federal authorities will no longer use the jail in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. </p>
<p>The Massachusetts jail has been accused of overcrowding and overall inhumane conditions. Women held at the facility in Georgia reported being subjected to medical procedures against their will, including hysterectomies.</p>
<p>Those allegations are the subject of ongoing federal investigations. </p>
<p>“Allow me to state one foundational principle: We will not tolerate the mistreatment of individuals in civil immigration detention or substandard conditions of detention,” Mayorkas said in announcing the decision.</p>
<p>Both were run under contract for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. </p>
<p>DHS is ending its agreement with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office to run the jail facility in Massachusetts. </p>
<p>Mayorkas said authorities will preserve evidence for the investigations as they transfer immigration detainees out of the privately run facility in Georgia. </p>
