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In reply to the discussion: Border patrol detained 5 mo. old in freezing cell, denied antibiotics, child now hospitalized [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)38. Photographic Evidence of Conditions in CBP's Short-Term Detention Facilities "Hieleras" Revealed
A judge in Arizona unsealed photographs central to ongoing litigation challenging deplorable and unconstitutional conditions in Border Patrols short-term detention facilities in the Tucson Sector. The never-before-seen-photos show the inside of facilities known as hieleras or ice-boxesa term coined by those held in the frigid concrete cells.
The underlying case is Jane Doe, et al. v. Johnson, et al., which was filed as a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in June of 2015. The lawsuit alleges that Tucson Sector Border Patrol holds men, women, and children, including babies, in freezing, overcrowded, and filthy cells for days at a time in violation of the U.S. Constitution and the agencies own policies. Detained individuals are stripped of outer layers of clothing and forced to suffer in brutally cold temperatures; deprived of beds, bedding, and sleep; denied adequate food, water, medicine, medical care, and basic hygiene items such as soap, sufficient toilet paper, sanitary napkins, diapers, and showers; and held virtually incommunicado in these conditions for days.
http://immigrationimpact.com/2016/06/30/photographic-evidence-conditions-cbps-short-term-detention-facilities-hieleras-revealed/
The underlying case is Jane Doe, et al. v. Johnson, et al., which was filed as a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in June of 2015. The lawsuit alleges that Tucson Sector Border Patrol holds men, women, and children, including babies, in freezing, overcrowded, and filthy cells for days at a time in violation of the U.S. Constitution and the agencies own policies. Detained individuals are stripped of outer layers of clothing and forced to suffer in brutally cold temperatures; deprived of beds, bedding, and sleep; denied adequate food, water, medicine, medical care, and basic hygiene items such as soap, sufficient toilet paper, sanitary napkins, diapers, and showers; and held virtually incommunicado in these conditions for days.
http://immigrationimpact.com/2016/06/30/photographic-evidence-conditions-cbps-short-term-detention-facilities-hieleras-revealed/
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Border patrol detained 5 mo. old in freezing cell, denied antibiotics, child now hospitalized [View all]
CousinIT
Dec 2018
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Photographic Evidence of Conditions in CBP's Short-Term Detention Facilities "Hieleras" Revealed
oberliner
Dec 2018
#38
Several of the responses seem to suggest that this is a new situation and/or unique to Trump
oberliner
Dec 2018
#52
This one (and many others) are on tRump. Big part of his legacy. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2018
#16