Detention Standards Implementation Initiative

ABA Commission on Immigration

Facility Name: Berks County Prison, PA
Date of Tour: July 15, 2004
Tour participants:

(b)(6)

(b)(6)

ICE Standard
Visitation

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III.1.2 “In such cases [where legal
visits continue through meals], the
detainee shall receive a tray or
sack meal after the visit”

Telephone Access

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III.K “If telephone calls are
monitored…[the facility] shall
place a notice at each monitored
telephone stating that calls are
subject to monitoring and [stating]
the procedure for obtaining an
unmonitored call”

Correspondence and Other Mail

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I “All facilities will ensure that
detainees send and receive
correspondence in a timely
manner” and III.C “Incoming
correspondence shall be
distributed to detainees within 24
hours of receipt by the facility”

Tour Observation
 An interviewed detainee stated
that when legal visits continue
through meals, detainees are not
provided with a meal after the
visit - (b)(6), (b)(7)c
stated that
meals are provided (P5, line 5).
 The delegation observed no
postings that notify detainees that
calls may be monitored, nor did
they see any instructions on how
to request that legal calls not be
monitored (p7, line 26 and p9,
line 7)


It appeared to the delegation,
that detainee correspondence is
not delivered in a timely manner
and detainees have missed court
deadlines as a result (p11, line
19)

Source
 According to delegation
notes and conversation
with Sgt (b)(6), (b)(7)c

ICE Response
Not noted as
deficiency in
2004 review.



According to delegation
notes

Not noted as
deficiency in
2004 review.



According to interview
notes with detainees

Rated as
acceptable in
2004.

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