AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - Federal inspector reports chokehold, pen stabbing at ICE facility
A surprise federal inspection found a prohibited chokehold, an officer who stabbed a detainee with a pen, and other issues that threatened health and safety at one of the largest ICE detention facilities in the U.S. Why it matters: Unannounced inspections are one of the few ways to get a clear look inside the detention facilities, which otherwise have limited access for oversight. Zoom in: At the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, investigators found multiple use-of-force incidents that "did not fully comply" with standards, according to a report from the Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General. - In one incident, an officer stabbed a detainee with a pen on his thumb after the detainee wouldn't move his hand from a door…