ICE records show a 15.2% increase in placements in solitary confinement during the first 15 months of the Trump administration.
The previous stories by NBC News and its partners documented a range of questionable practices, including how dozens of detainees were put in solitary confinement simply because they suffered from physical disabilities and needed a prosthetic leg, a cane or a wheelchair.
Blumenthal has separately called for Senate hearings. Two other Democratic senators, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker — both presidential contenders — have also raised concerns. Warren has asked ICE a series of questions while Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees ICE, has also called for hearings.
Bryan D. Cox, an ICE spokesman, declined to comment on the report because the agency has not had an opportunity to review it, but told NBC News, “Any suggestion that the use of segregation in ICE custody is above the norm for detained populations would be a false claim.”
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