U.S. Department of Homeland Security Orders Immediate Audit of All Immigration Detention Centers, Citing 'Operational Catastrophe'
A confidential memo obtained by this newsroom reveals that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has initiated a zero-tolerance, 48-hour compliance audit across all 250+ immigration detention facilities, driven by internal data projecting a 70% increase in detainee mortality rates. The directive, codenamed Operation Phoenix, mandates immediate facility closure for any site failing minimum health and safety benchmarks, targeting a 15% reduction in operational overhead while bypassing standard congressional oversight. This aggressive enforcement action is projected to spike costs for private contractors by 23% in Q3, triggering massive sell-offs in prison services stocks, and will directly impact 85,000 current detainees.