This story was updated on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, at 7:33 p.m.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now holding immigrants at a South Georgia detention center that stopped detaining immigrants after a whistleblower reported medical abuse against women there.
ICE confirmed to WABE that Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, began immigrant detention again on Friday, as immigration arrests across the country increase under the Trump Administration.
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