Ongoing Racist and Retaliatory Abuse at Orange County Correctional Facility Supplement to Complaint Filed February 17, 2022

FFI and partner organizations in New York submitted this complaint seeking redress for ongoing civil rights violations against people detained at Orange County Correctional Facility (OCCF). Since filing a complaint on February 17, 2022, disturbing abuses persist at OCCF. This supplement is supported by the testimony of nine individuals formerly and currently detained at OCCF, including six declarants who submitted statements as part of the February complaint. Orange County Undersheriff Kenneth Jones, who has publicly acknowledged former ties to the Oath Keepers, continues to defend OCCF and claims that the link between Officer Richard Bloise and the email handle “nazikommando” “ha[d] been made some time in the past and was being investigated,” raising questions about how long OCCF has been aware of allegations of extremism within its ranks. Read the full complaint here.