Doug MacMillan
Verified
Corporate accountability reporter @washingtonpost. Formerly @WSJ @Bloomberg @BW. Same thing we do every night, Pinky 🐭 Signal: douglasmac.02
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Doug MacMillan
Cops left the force. They kept tracking people with a powerful camera network.
When Andrae Wright left his job as an investigator at the Effingham County Sheriff's Office in 2021, he handed in his gun and badge. But he kept something powerful: his log-in credentials for Flock, a police tool he used to search a vast network of roadside cameras tracking the locations of passing cars.
Five Indianapolis officers charged following The Post’s reporting on Flock misuse
Five Indianapolis officers charged following The Post’s reporting on Flock misuse (washingtonpost.com) Five Indianapolis officers charged following The Post’s reporting on Flock misuse By Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer; Drew Harwell 2026092323190400 Prosecutors in Marion County, Indiana, criminally charged five Indianapolis police officers Wednesday, accusing them of misusing their access to Flock license-plate-reader cameras.
Every Step Counts: How Walking Can Strengthen Our Health and Our Community
Deborah MacMillan, a board member with Loaves & Fishes Ministry of Macon, and her husband, Doug, will walk 120 kilometers, or approximately 75 miles, along the Camino de Santiago. Most of us probably won’t walk 75 miles across northern Spain anytime soon. But this October, two Middle Georgia residents will do exactly that, and every step will have a purpose.
Americans have turned against police cameras that track license plates, new survey shows
Americans have turned against police cameras that track license plates, new survey shows (washingtonpost.com) Americans have turned against police cameras that track license plates, new survey shows By Drew Harwell; Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer; Kevin Crowe 2026082810350800 When Justin Cowgur, a city council member in Centerton, Arkansas, was asked two years ago to vote on a contract to install Flock license-plate readers, he found it easy to say yes.
Police departments weren’t looking for officers abusing Flock. We did it for them.
Last month, as Indianapolis residents called for tighter restrictions on police surveillance, Police Chief Tanya Terry sought to reassure the public that her officers were using the 301 Flock cameras spread throughout the city solely to investigate crime.
Police departments weren’t looking for officers abusing Flock. We did it for them.
Police departments weren’t looking for officers abusing Flock. We did it for them. (washingtonpost.com) Police departments weren’t looking for officers abusing Flock. We did it for them.
Flock unveils changes after Post report on police misuse of vast camera network
Flock unveils changes after Post report on police misuse of vast camera network (washingtonpost.com) Flock unveils changes after Post report on police misuse of vast camera network By Drew Harwell; Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer 2026081313010100 The country's most prominent seller of automated license-plate readers said Thursday it will enact major changes in hopes of more proactively preventing abuse by police officers.
How one tip exposed a hidden pattern of police surveillance misuse
How one tip exposed a hidden pattern of police surveillance misuse (washingtonpost.com) How one tip exposed a hidden pattern of police surveillance misuse By Drew Harwell; Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer 2026080412180300 In May, an anonymous tipster suggested we look into the arrest of a former deputy in southern Georgia, who was charged with stalking a woman using a powerful network of roadside cameras known as license plate readers.
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking Original
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking (washingtonpost.com) How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking By Drew Harwell; Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer 2026080209011100 JEFFERSON, Ga. — Marci Bakely couldn't understand how her ex-boyfriend always seemed to know where she was.
We were able to reconstruct an ICE holding room even though cameras are banned
We were able to reconstruct an ICE holding room even though cameras are banned (washingtonpost.com) We were able to reconstruct an ICE holding room even though cameras are banned By Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Steckelberg; N. Kirkpatrick 2026072712010200 Immigration detention centers do not permit recording devices and generally do not allow access by the news media.
ICE officials warned of dangerous crowding. See how they kept packing people in.
ICE officials warned of dangerous crowding. See how they kept packing people in. (washingtonpost.com) ICE officials warned of dangerous crowding. See how they kept packing people in. By Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Steckelberg; N. Kirkpatrick; Leslie Shapiro 2026072209010800 This room on the 10th floor of a Manhattan office building was built to hold a handful of immigrant detainees for a few hours at a time. For several weeks last year, the government packed it with dozens of people.
Here’s how much ICE detainees pay for 5 everyday items
Here’s how much ICE detainees pay for 5 everyday items (washingtonpost.com) Here’s how much ICE detainees pay for 5 everyday items By Douglas MacMillan 2026070618010100 A container of instant coffee, which can be found at the closest Walmart for $9.42, costs $18.80. Tampons cost more than $20, about 33 percent more than at Walmart.
An ICE detainee sought treatment for mental illness. He died in a struggle with guards.
An ICE detainee sought treatment for mental illness. He died in a struggle with guards. (washingtonpost.com) An ICE detainee sought treatment for mental illness. He died in a struggle with guards.
DHS chief acknowledges missteps in $1 billion warehouse purchases
DHS chief acknowledges missteps in $1 billion warehouse purchases (washingtonpost.com) DHS chief acknowledges missteps in $1 billion warehouse purchases By Douglas MacMillan; Jonathan O'Connell 2026062609011700 Facing lawsuits, protests and opposition from local officials nationwide, the Trump administration is scaling back its plan to convert warehouses into immigrant detention centers, with the Department of Homeland Security's top leader acknowledging the effort lacked proper planning.
ICE removed detainee protections after private outreach from top contractor
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 12: The silhouettes of detainees are seen at the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was revising the federal standards that govern immigration detention centers, one of its top contractors privately asked for changes that could benefit its business, according to a person briefed on the discussions.
ICE detention camp endangered migrants and wasted millions, watchdog finds
ICE detention camp endangered migrants and wasted millions, watchdog finds (washingtonpost.com) ICE detention camp endangered migrants and wasted millions, watchdog finds By Douglas MacMillan 2026060920220200 A loaded gun went missing for months. People with HIV and diabetes were left untreated. And, absent daily cleaning services, security guards sometimes offered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees cookies to clean their own housing units.
ICE to stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees, internal memo says
ICE to stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees, internal memo says (washingtonpost.com) ICE to stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees, internal memo says By Douglas MacMillan 2026060421110400 As the number of immigrants dying in government custody rises, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is shrinking the scope of which deaths it will be required to report.
ICE moving forward with warehouse detention plan despite lawsuits, probe
ICE moving forward with warehouse detention plan despite lawsuits, probe (washingtonpost.com) ICE moving forward with warehouse detention plan despite lawsuits, probe By Douglas MacMillan 2026051421250400 The Department of Homeland Security is moving forward with its plan to convert warehouses around the country into immigration detention centers, despite mounting legal challenges and a government watchdog probe into the agency's purchases of the buildings.
DHS picks detention industry veteran David Venturella to lead ICE
DHS picks detention industry veteran David Venturella to lead ICE (washingtonpost.com) DHS picks detention industry veteran David Venturella to lead ICE By Douglas MacMillan 2026051302050300 The Department of Homeland Security has selected David Venturella, a former private prison executive, to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency at the center of President Donald Trump's controversial effort to detain and deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers Original
Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers (washingtonpost.com) Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers By Douglas MacMillan; Andrew Ba Tran; Drea Cornejo; Luis Melgar 2026050409030500 Pedro Cantú Ríos was eating lunch when he felt the chemicals rush into his lungs.
Internal memos hint at Mullin’s first changes as DHS secretary
Internal memos hint at Mullin’s first changes as DHS secretary (washingtonpost.com) Internal memos hint at Mullin’s first changes as DHS secretary By Marianne LeVine; Douglas MacMillan; Brianna Sacks 2026032801580400 The Department of Homeland Security is moving to rescind a rule that required Cabinet-level approval for contracts exceeding $100,000, according to internal documents, shifting away from one of Kristi L. Noem's most contested policies.
ICE plans to keep Fort Bliss detention camp open under a new contractor
ICE plans to keep Fort Bliss detention camp open under a new contractor (washingtonpost.com) ICE plans to keep Fort Bliss detention camp open under a new contractor By Douglas MacMillan 2026031122240300 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement replaced the contractor overseeing Camp East Montana and said it is planning to keep the El Paso detention center open, a week after The Washington Post reported on an internal document that appeared to indicate ICE was taking steps to close the facility.
ICE selects untested firms to oversee new warehouse detention centers
ICE selects untested firms to oversee new warehouse detention centers (washingtonpost.com) ICE selects untested firms to oversee new warehouse detention centers By Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer 2026030909011800 For decades, two companies have been the government's go-to partners for immigrant detention: Geo Group and CoreCivic run the facilities where the majority of people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are held.
DHS feeds talking points to Republicans as opposition to ICE warehouses swells
DHS feeds talking points to Republicans as opposition to ICE warehouses swells (washingtonpost.com) DHS feeds talking points to Republicans as opposition to ICE warehouses swells By Jonathan O'Connell; Douglas MacMillan 2026030711010500 When protests erupted over a Trump administration plan to turn a warehouse in southern New Hampshire into a detention center for up to 1,500 migrants, one state lawmaker responded by forcefully backing the idea.
ICE taking steps to terminate contract of Fort Bliss detention center, document shows
ICE taking steps to terminate contract of Fort Bliss detention center, document shows (washingtonpost.com) ICE taking steps to terminate contract of Fort Bliss detention center, document shows By Douglas MacMillan 2026030422450500 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to terminate its contract for Camp East Montana, a massive immigrant detention camp near the Mexican border that opened less than eight months ago, according to an internal ICE document reviewed by The Washington...
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers (washingtonpost.com) ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers By Douglas MacMillan; Jonathan O'Connell 2026021317180400 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the country and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of immigrants, according to agency documents provided to New...
ICE buys warehouses for mass detention network, rattling locals
ICE buys warehouses for mass detention network, rattling locals (washingtonpost.com) ICE buys warehouses for mass detention network, rattling locals By Jonathan O'Connell; Douglas MacMillan 2026013011010300 One industrial building the federal government plans to overhaul into an immigrant detention center, in Roxbury, New Jersey, draws groundwater from a small town that uses nearly all of its daily limit.
ICE detention staff reported death of restrained man as a suicide
ICE detention staff reported death of restrained man as a suicide (washingtonpost.com) ICE detention staff reported death of restrained man as a suicide By Douglas MacMillan 2026012323570400 As staff tried to resuscitate Geraldo Lunas Campos at an immigrant detention camp in El Paso, a security contractor called 911, urgently asking for help, according to a recording of the call obtained by The Washington Post through a public records request.
Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide (washingtonpost.com) Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide By Douglas MacMillan 2026012200490200 The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security’s description of the incident. Democracy Dies in Darkness Immigration DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed The two men’s accounts of the Jan.
Medical examiner likely to classify death of ICE detainee as homicide, recorded call says
Medical examiner likely to classify death of ICE detainee as homicide, recorded call says (washingtonpost.com) Medical examiner likely to classify death of ICE detainee as homicide, recorded call says By Douglas MacMillan 2026011522350400 When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the Jan. 3 death of detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp, the agency said "staff observed him in distress," and it gave no cause of death.
Georgia town of 5,000 vows to fight ICE plan to warehouse 9,000 detainees
Georgia town of 5,000 vows to fight ICE plan to warehouse 9,000 detainees 1 of 2 SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. - The latest movement to resist President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda didn’t announce itself with protest signs, chanted slogans or bullhorns.
Georgia town of 5,000 vows to fight ICE plan to warehouse 9,000 detainees
Georgia town of 5,000 vows to fight ICE plan to warehouse 9,000 detainees (washingtonpost.com) Georgia town of 5,000 vows to fight ICE plan to warehouse 9,000 detainees By Douglas MacMillan 2026010910100300 SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — The latest movement to resist President Donald Trump's immigration agenda didn't announce itself with protest signs, chanted slogans or bullhorns.
Trump administration jails migrant teens in facility known for child abuse
Trump administration jails migrant teens in facility known for child abuse (washingtonpost.com) Trump administration jails migrant teens in facility known for child abuse By Douglas MacMillan 2026010811452000 MORGANTOWN, Pa. — The Trump administration says it is focused on protecting unaccompanied migrant children.
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses (washingtonpost.com) ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses By Douglas MacMillan; Jonathan O'Connell 2025122411003000 The Trump administration is seeking contractors to help it overhaul the United States' immigrant detention system in a plan that includes renovating industrial warehouses to hold more than 80,000 immigrant detainees at a time, according to a draft solicitation reviewed by The...
Four ICE detainee deaths in four days spark alarm as arrests grow
Four ICE detainee deaths in four days spark alarm as arrests grow (washingtonpost.com) Four ICE detainee deaths in four days spark alarm as arrests grow By Marianne LeVine; Douglas MacMillan 2025122017090800 Four people in immigration detention have died over a four-day period this month, increasing concern among advocates and some members of Congress over detention conditions. One death took place Dec. 12, another two took place on Dec. 14 and the fourth on Dec.
ACLU claims Cuban detainees were beaten for refusing removal to Mexico
ACLU claims Cuban detainees were beaten for refusing removal to Mexico (washingtonpost.com) ACLU claims Cuban detainees were beaten for refusing removal to Mexico By Douglas MacMillan 2025120811000000 Four Cuban immigrants being held at a Texas detention center claim they were among dozens who were driven to the Mexican border and pressured by masked officials to cross it or face imprisonment and beatings, according to a letter that civil liberties groups sent to U.S. Immigration and Customs...
Immigrant detention firm seeks immunity in case before Supreme Court
Immigrant detention firm seeks immunity in case before Supreme Court (washingtonpost.com) Immigrant detention firm seeks immunity in case before Supreme Court By Douglas MacMillan 2025111011000600 One of the largest private companies profiting from President Donald Trump's rapid expansion of immigrant detention centers says it should be immune from a legal challenge to its $1-a-day detainee work program because it was acting on behalf of the federal government.
Why Melissa’s intensification en route to Jamaica is so extraordinary
Why Melissa’s intensification en route to Jamaica is so extraordinary (washingtonpost.com) Why Melissa’s intensification en route to Jamaica is so extraordinary By Ben Noll; Ruby Mellen; Brady Dennis; Douglas MacMillan 2025102610563100 Jamaica is bracing for destruction as a rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa inches closer, threatening to make a direct strike as the most powerful storm to hit the nation in its history.
ICE closes detention oversight group in shutdown despite surge in detainees
ICE closes detention oversight group in shutdown despite surge in detainees (washingtonpost.com) ICE closes detention oversight group in shutdown despite surge in detainees By Douglas MacMillan 2025100715000000 The Trump administration has said immigration enforcement will "remain unchanged" through the government shutdown.
60 violations in 50 days: Inside ICE’s giant tent facility at Ft. Bliss
|
When the first immigrants arrived at their new detention quarters at a Texas military base this summer, they were marched onto an active construction site. Dust swirled and excavators hummed as contractors raced to build the tent encampment, where development had begun just two weeks earlier and would go on for months.
By Doug MacMillan Verified, Samuel Oakford Verified, N. Kirkpatrick Verified, Aaron Schaffer Verified
|
The Washington Post
Verified
South Korea announces deal to repatriate workers detained in Hyundai raid
South Korea announces deal to repatriate workers detained in Hyundai raid (washingtonpost.com) South Korea announces deal to repatriate workers detained in Hyundai raid By Annabelle Timsit; Michelle Ye Hee Lee; Douglas MacMillan 2025090713091100 South Korean workers who were detained in a large-scale immigration raid at a Hyundai factory in Georgia will be released and flown home as part of a deal with the United States, the country's presidential office said Sunday.
Riots and abuse troubled these former prisons. ICE plans to reopen them.
Riots and abuse troubled these former prisons. ICE plans to reopen them. (washingtonpost.com) Riots and abuse troubled these former prisons. ICE plans to reopen them.
Democratic lawmakers press Trump’s border czar on potential conflicts
Democratic lawmakers press Trump’s border czar on potential conflicts (washingtonpost.com) Democratic lawmakers press Trump’s border czar on potential conflicts By Douglas MacMillan 2025082615023200 A group of congressional Democrats is pushing President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan to detail his past financial ties to one of the nation's largest immigrant detention contractors, following The Washington Post's reporting on the potential conflicts of interest.
ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year (washingtonpost.com) ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year By Douglas MacMillan; N. Kirkpatrick; Lydia Sidhom 2025081510054500 When President Donald Trump took office this year, the United States already commanded the largest immigrant detention system in the world, with the capacity to hold close to 50,000 migrants. Right away, his administration set a goal of doubling it.
Trump’s plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape
Trump’s plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape By Maria Sacchetti; Dan Lamothe; David Nakamura; Douglas MacMillan 2025080709000000 The Trump administration's plan to install large-scale detention facilities on U.S. military bases is taking shape, with Fort Bliss preparing to detain at least 1,000 undocumented immigrants starting this month on the Mexican border, U.S. Immigration and...
The former private prison exec behind ICE’s immigrant detention surge
The former private prison exec behind ICE’s immigrant detention surge (washingtonpost.com) The former private prison exec behind ICE’s immigrant detention surge By Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer 2025080110003800 Shortly after the election, newly named "border czar" Tom Homan approached an old friend and former colleague about helping him lead President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors Original
ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors (washingtonpost.com) ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors By Douglas MacMillan; Silvia Foster-Frau 2025072409000000 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed personnel to sharply increase the number of immigrants they shackle with GPS-enabled ankle monitors, as the Trump administration widens surveillance of people it is targeting for deportation, according to an internal ICE...
The government wants AI to fight wars and review your taxes
Elon Musk has receded from Washington but one of his most disruptive ideas about government is surging inside the Trump administration. Artificial intelligence, Musk has said, can do a better job than federal employees at many tasks - a notion being tested by AI projects trying to automate work across nearly every agency in the executive branch. Advertisement Advertisement The Federal Aviation Administration is exploring whether AI can be a better air traffic controller.
The government wants AI to fight wars and review your taxes Original
The government wants AI to fight wars and review your taxes (washingtonpost.com) The government wants AI to fight wars and review your taxes By Douglas MacMillan; Faiz Siddiqui; Hannah Natanson; Elizabeth Dwoskin 2025071510350000 Elon Musk has receded from Washington but one of his most disruptive ideas about government is surging inside the Trump administration.
Show More
loading
Actions
Get in touch with Doug
Contact Doug, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack