1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2018 . 2. Standards for Department of Homeland Security detention facilities (a) Rulemaking Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall promulgate regulations that establish detention standards for each facility at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained. (b) Minimum protections The standards established under subsection (a) shall provide, at a minimum, the level of protections for detainees described in the American Bar Association’s Civil Immigration Detention Standards (adopted in August, 2012, and as amended in August, 2014). (c) Updates The Secretary shall review and update the standards established under subsection (a) on a biennial basis, as appropriate. 3. Oversight and transparency for Department of Homeland Security detention facilities (a) Periodic inspections (1) In general Not less frequently than annually, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall conduct an unannounced inspection of each facility at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained in order to ensure that each such facility is in compliance with the standards established pursuant to section 2. (2) Report Not later than 60 days after conducting an inspection under this paragraph (1), the Inspector General shall— (A) make a report of such inspection publicly available on a website of the Department of Homeland Security