ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions inside

What happened

ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions inside, according to The Verge. Four men detained at an ICE detention center in rural Georgia used the facility's video conferencing software to expose both the conditions inside and President Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the immigration courts. Detainees are seen in a yard at the Folkston ICE Processing Center on September 9, 2025, in Folkston, Georgia.

In the five-minute video, the men describe an intentionally dysfunctional legal system designed to keep them trapped in federal custody for months or years - in privately owned facilities that profit from their confinement. The video cost the men, literally and figuratively.