Rep. Morgan McGarvey Voices Concern for Conditions Inside a Kentucky Detention Center
The lawmakers said detainees reported missed medication, poor food and no doctor on duty as they pressed for more congressional oversight.
- On Monday, Congressman Morgan McGarvey visited the Campbell County Detention Center with U.S. Representatives Delia Ramirez and Gwen Moore to inspect conditions for federal immigration detainees.
- The Campbell County Detention Center is one of about 10 Kentucky jails housing detainees through ICE contracts, billing the federal government approximately $2.6 million between April and December.
- Lawmakers raised alarms after detainees reported lacking essential medical care and proper food; McGarvey noted that 70% of those detained have no criminal record.
- Campbell County Jailer James Daley denied the allegations, calling claims of inadequate medical care "an absolute lie," while McGarvey vowed to submit formal questions to ICE.
- The League of Women Voters of Kentucky continues monitoring conditions for the more than 1,000 people held in Kentucky jails, emphasizing that public trust is vital for due process.
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Chicago Sun Times
U.S. Rep. Delia Ramírez was one of three Democratic legislators who visited a Kentucky Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility on Monday to verify the situation of two Chicago residents who claim that they do not receive adequate medical care to treat diabetes, including a man who has been detained since September. </p>Ramírez told the Sun-Times that he left "with more questions and more concerns" than when he entered and de…
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lexingtonky.newsDemocratic House members go to Northern Kentucky jail to review treatment of ICE detainees
From left to right, U.S. Reps. Delia Ramirez, Gwen Moore and Morgan McGarvey go to a Northern Kentucky jail to see conditions for people being held by ICE. (Photo provided by U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey's office)Kentucky’s lone Democratic congressman, U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey, joined two of his House colleagues to get a closer look at a Northern Kentucky jail holding federal immigration detainees Monday. Speaking to reporters in Louisville Tuesd…
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