ICE Must Fix ‘Overcrowded, Squalid, and Degrading’ Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, NY Judge Says
The ruling adds new space, bedding, hygiene and legal-access requirements after the judge found detainees were kept in overcrowded, unsanitary rooms.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a permanent injunction requiring the Department of Homeland Security to improve conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, citing overcrowded cells and inadequate access to medical care and legal counsel.
- Immigrant rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union brought the lawsuit, arguing that the administration created a "crisis of its own making" by detaining more people than could be humanely held in the building's rooms.
- Kaplan's ruling detailed that detainees were forced to sleep on concrete floors next to toilets without cots or blankets, while bright lights were kept on at all hours, leaving many without space to lie down.
- The injunction mandates that ICE provide clean bedding, hygiene supplies, and three daily meals, while requiring on-site medical screenings and private phone access for detainees alongside class-action status for those held at the facility.
- Expressing skepticism about future compliance, Kaplan noted that ICE officials previously attempted to "sanitize the record" and disregarded earlier orders, warning that overcrowding and abuses would resume without strict adherence.
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Judge Issues Scathing Ruling Against “Inhumane” ICE
Gothamist reports: In a scathing ruling, a federal judge has ordered that safeguards against what he called “inhumane and unconstitutional” conditions at federal immigration holding cells in Lower Manhattan be made permanent — including limiting the number of detainees that can be held at the site. The ruling by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the … The post Judge Issues Scathing Ruling Against “Inhumane” ICE appeared first on Joe.My.God..
The order requires space, hygiene, medical care and private calls to lawyers for those arrested in 26 Federal Plaza
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Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, on August 14, 2025, in New York City. A federal judge ordered rules put in place to end 'inhumane' conditions at 26 Federal Plaza be made permanent. [ more › ]
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ICE must fix ‘overcrowded, squalid, and degrading’ conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, NY judge says
NEW YORK — A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to permanently improve the “overcrowded, squalid and degrading” cells where undocumented New Yorkers are detained at 26 Federal Plaza, and said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
'Inhumane': Judge Permanently Limits Capacity in ICE Holding Cells at 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge has permanently capped the number of detainees who can be held at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells inside 26 Federal Plaza, siding with immigrant rights advocates who sued over squalid conditions on the building’s 10th floor. The permanent injunction issued Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan extends […]
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