@wired: A WIRED investigation into 911 calls from 10 of the nation's largest immigration detention centers found that serious medical incidents are rising at many of the sites. The data, obtained through public records requests, show that at least 60 percent of the centers analyzed had reported serious health complications as well as SA allegations. Since January, these 10 facilities have collectively placed nearly 400 emergency calls. WIRED spoke with immigration attorneys, local migrant advocates, national policy experts, and individuals who have been recently detained or have family currently in ICE custody. Their accounts echoed the data: a system overwhelmed, and at times, seemingly indifferent to medical crises. For example, on March 16, a woman identifying herself as a detainee at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia called 911. Communication was strained: The dispatcher spoke no Spanish, and the caller only a little English. "I need help," the woman said. "I need ... ayuda." The line goes abruptly dead, triggering a follow-up call from the emergency operator. A staff member at the facility answers the phone: “We're at a detention center and the detainee called 911, I'm sorry.” The woman’s voice can be heard faintly in the background, still pleading. Records indicate no ambulance was dispatched. This is just one of many calls obtained by WIRED. It shows a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

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