Here in New York, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday to improve conditions at the notorious ICE jail inside 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. Immigrants have described being imprisoned for days or weeks at a time in overcrowded cells, without access to medication and proper sanitation, being forced to sleep on the concrete floor, and left hungry without outside contact. The ACLU’s National Prison Project said in a statement, “ICE’s conduct at 26 Federal Plaza is inhumane, illegal and a direct violation of the Constitution. No person should be denied medical care, access to a lawyer, or basic dignity when they are held in government custody.”
Federal Judge Orders ICE to Improve Conditions at Manhattan Jail
