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Legal and social‑service providers urge oversight of detention and more mental‑health support for detained immigrants and unaccompanied youth
Summary
Providers described medical neglect, inadequate psychiatric care in detention and long waits for community mental‑health services; they urged the council to expand oversight, fund immigrant‑centered clinical services and strengthen legal representation for children and adults in removal proceedings.
Legal advocates and providers told the City Council oversight hearing that people detained in immigration facilities are frequently denied timely medical and psychiatric care and that prolonged uncertainty in removal proceedings is worsening mental‑health needs among asylum seekers and unaccompanied children.
‘‘We reviewed the records of 19 people and saw the same pattern: delays in follow‑up care, denials of medication, mismanaged chronic illnesses, and inadequate psychiatric treatment,’’ said Navin Solmaim of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, citing an upcoming report focused on detention facilities where many New Yorkers…
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