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Committee presses DOC on federal detainees, ICE and the U.S. Marshals contract
Summary
Legislators questioned DOC interim Commissioner John Murad about federal detainees, the US Marshals contract and limits on immigration detainees; Murad said most federal detainees are USMS criminal cases, DOC has placed an internal cap for immigration detainees and the Marshals contract is terminable though lacks a hard end date.
Committee members asked detailed questions about DOC’s role housing federal detainees and immigration detainees, the department’s information-sharing with federal partners, and the contracts that govern those relationships.
Murad said DOC has a long‑standing contract to house U.S. Marshals detainees for federal criminal cases and that the “vast majority” of federal detainees under that contract are not immigration cases. He…
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