Former ICE detainee alleges mistreatment of women at Broward center
A former ICE detainee said elderly women, pregnant women and a breast cancer patient were mistreated at Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach.
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee said women at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach were mistreated, including elderly women, pregnant women and a patient with breast cancer. The Broward facility has faced scrutiny over how federal detainees are treated and monitored.
The Broward Transitional Center is an ICE detention facility in Pompano Beach, and the agency’s 2025 standards require medical care for people held in custody. ICE’s directive on pregnant detainees requires pregnant people to be identified, monitored, tracked and housed appropriately, while its women’s medical-care standard requires female detainees to have access to necessary medical and mental health care.
Marie Ange Blaise, a 44-year-old Haitian woman, died on April 25, 2025, at the Broward Transitional Center. ICE is investigating the cause of her death.
Human Rights Watch published a 92-page report in July 2025, “You Feel Like Your Life Is Over”: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025. The report focused on detention conditions at three Florida sites and on complaints about care, oversight and accountability.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office found that ICE detained pregnant women more than 4,600 times from 2016 to 2018, and most of those detentions lasted one week or less. The Department of Homeland Security issued a semiannual report on Aug. 2, 2024, covering pregnant, postpartum and lactating people in ICE custody.
Claudia Caglionone was released from ICE detention after family protests, and Claudia Rodriguez described poor conditions at a Miramar facility. The former detainee also alleged mistreatment of elderly, pregnant and medically vulnerable women inside Broward.
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