The senators were both concerned about the scope of the Nakamoto Group inspections and the initial response letters from the two facility operators. We concluded that because the inspection scope - determined by ICE - is too broad, the Nakamoto inspections are not thorough,” Kelly wrote in the IG response letter. “During the course of our inspection, we observed Nakamoto’s practices conducting inspections at two facilities, thoroughly documented every observation, and verified observations against the checklist records and reports Nakamoto completes. Kelly, the acting DHS inspector general, alleged in an April 4 letter directed to Warren that the contractor’s response contained “errors and misrepresentations” about the IG’s findings. “If another entity observed an issue while they were at the facility, that was not ongoing during our inspection, we of course cannot be accountable for that,” Nakamoto wrote.
Jenni Nakamoto, the president of the Nakamoto Group, wrote in a December reply to the Senate’s initial queries that her company completed inspections under terms outlined by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Albence asking the agency to follow up on exchanges of letters between the senators and the Homeland Security inspector general, prison contractors CoreCivic and GEO Group, and Nakamoto, an ICE contractor that conducts inspections. Warren led a group of 11 Senate Democrats in sending a letter dated Monday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Matthew T.
The latest letter, shared first with CQ Roll Call, is the next step in an investigation started in November after reports of makeshift nooses in detention cells in privately operated facilities. “And the Nakamoto Group responded to identification of weaknesses in its inspection methodologies with information that OIG determined to be false and misleading.” The two private contractors we asked for information refused to provide it, indicating that doing so was the responsibility of ICE,” they said. “The response to our investigation was distressing, revealing a failure at multiple levels. “Based on these concerns, it appears that there is no entity in charge of and taking responsibility for the conditions at ICE detention facilities,” the senators wrote. Elizabeth Warren and 10 other Democratic caucus members, including fellow 2020 presidential candidates Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey. That’s according to the latest letter from Massachusetts Sen. An investigation by Senate Democrats into the operation of ICE detention facilities by private prison companies just keeps turning up more questions.
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