The Standing Record — Thursday, September 17, 2026
1 event that erodes our democratic ideals from September 16, 2026 · 10 earlier events added
The Standing Record
This is the Standing Record for September 17, 2026. We recorded 1 event from September 16, 2026 that erode our democratic ideals and added 10 more from earlier dates — 252 so far this month, bringing the total archive to 2137. If you saw something happen — yesterday, or any other day — that belongs here, send it to our tip line.
DHS Inspector General found ICE officers misused pepper spray and an unauthorized chokehold at overcrowded Krome detention center
Event: September 16, 2026 Location: Miami, Florida Jurisdiction: Federal Abuses: Corrections abuse, Violence in immigration enforcement
A Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report, disclosed around September 16, 2026, found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami-Dade, Florida was operating about 25% over capacity during an unannounced May 2025 inspection, with detainees held in overcrowded intake rooms for over 12 hours and sleeping on floors for lack of beds. Inspectors also documented two use-of-force violations — an officer used pepper spray on detainees who were not resisting instead of de-escalating, and another placed a detainee in an unauthorized chokehold — along with food-safety violations and 15 unfilled medical-staff vacancies. ICE accepted all nine of the inspector general's recommendations but had not implemented all of them as of the report's release.
People & Organizations: - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement#5ac0f506 (ICE)
Read the full entry: https://standingrecord.com/entries/2026/09/16/federal-corrections-abuse-aa1eb8e9/ Primary source: DHS report finds overcrowding, food safety issues and Medical shortages at Krome Detention Center
Filling out the archive
We're steadily backfilling the archive — working backward through the record so the timeline is complete, not just current. These are older events we've archived over the past day. If you know of something from months or years back that belongs here, send it to our tip line.
- January 25, 2023 — Louisiana's DOC unconstitutionally held thousands past release dates for years, DOJ found
- August 16, 2025 — S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster authorized National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C. without citing state legal authority for the mission
- September 25, 2025 — DOJ indicted former FBI Director James Comey days before the statute of limitations ran, overruling prosecutors who reportedly found no probable cause
- September 26, 2025 — HHS Secretary Kennedy fired NIAID Director Marrazzo three weeks after her whistleblower complaint over research cuts
- October 9, 2025 — DOJ indicted NY AG Letitia James on bank fraud charges after Trump publicly demanded prosecutors bring the case
- December 16, 2025 — Disability Rights Connecticut investigation found Connecticut DOC failed to protect women at York Correctional from sexual abuse by officers
- December 16, 2025 — Border Patrol agents deployed pepper balls and detained about 15 people in Chicago's Little Village as Bovino returned
- April 24, 2026 — Austin police loosened ICE-detention limits under Gov. Abbott's funding threat
- May 1, 2026 — Lafayette County, Missouri deputy fatally shot unarmed teen Saveion McConnell after striking him with patrol car
- September 12, 2026 — Deputy Secretary of State Landau threatened deportation of UC Berkeley students over satirical Kirk-anniversary event
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