US EditionDetainees, LA nonprofit file suit alleging inhumane conditions in Adelanto ICE detention center
The lawsuit alleges unconstitutional treatment at Adelanto ICE Processing Center amid a surge to nearly 2,000 detainees and seeks reforms on medical care and solitary confinement.
- On Monday, attorneys filed a class-action complaint alleging four detainees at Adelanto ICE Processing Center face moldy towels, medical neglect, insufficient food, and unclean drinking water, with Public Counsel, CHIRLA, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP naming ICE and DHS.
- A marked increase in detainees has left Adelanto ICE Processing Center overcrowded, with staff warning that the population surged from three to nearly 2,000 last year, creating dangerous conditions.
- A detained man at Adelanto alleges he received his diabetes medication only twice over 10 days, while detainees report being fed small burritos and denied soap in a housing unit with about 200 people.
- Following detainee deaths, lawyers moved in court to seek remedies including improved medical care, with two deaths since October, including Gabriel Garcia-Aviles, 56, who was detained on Oct. 15, and later died.
- The case sits against a national backdrop where the detained population surpassed 65,000 in November, with at least 73% having no criminal records; plaintiffs say Geo Group and CoreCivic run the facility amid oversight by Disability Rights California.
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Federal lawsuit alleges inhumane conditions at Adelanto ICE Processing Center
A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit, accusing the private operator of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center of inhumane conditions, medical neglect and systemic abuse.
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Detainees, LA nonprofit file suit alleging inhumane conditions in Adelanto ICE detention center
Moldy towels, medical neglect, insufficient food and unclean drinking water are what people detained inside the Adelanto ICE Processing Center are allegedly subjected to, according to a class-action lawsuit filed against federal officials and agencies on Monday. The lawsuit claims the government is denying people detained in Adelanto with “basic human needs” such as “food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and reasonable safety” and that this amo…
Lawsuit alleges inhumane conditions at Adelanto ICE facility in California
LOS ANGELES — Immigration detainees are subjected to mold on walls, contagious diseases, lack of medical care and lack of clean water and food at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County, a lawsuit filed Monday against federal…
A group of lawyers defending the rights of immigrants filed a lawsuit on Monday against the ICE Detention Centre in Advance for what they call cruel and inhuman conditions. The lawsuit was filed by lawyers and organizations in defense of immigrants on behalf of four detainees who remain in ICE custody. The lawsuit accuses the ICE Detention Centre in Advance of subjecting migrants to inhuman and unconstitutional conditions. This new legal action …
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