When ICE Brings You the Patient … Hospitals Must Stop Victimizing Forensic Patients

2026/03/04 by Mark G. Kuczewski, Amy Blair, Theresa Nguyen +2 · 1 voice
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues #Restraint-Related Deaths #Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/15265161.2026.2623853

Abstract

The recent increases in the number of persons detained by ICE in the United States is affecting health care. Many health-care professionals and facilities that serve immigrant communities report a ...

Discussions

• Hospitals are failing patients in #ICE custody due to their long-standing ethical failure in dealing with all "forensic patients". The current crisis provides an opportunity to rethink forensic patien [bsky, 7 points, 1 comments]

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