Five individuals currently or previously detained in federal immigration detention at the Nye County Jail and Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada, have come forward to report a troubling pattern of retaliatory transfers and medical abuse detailed in a new federal civil rights complaint filed by FFI and a coalition of legal and advocacy organizations. Read the full complaint here.
Complaint Regarding Inhumane Conditions and Unlawful Treatment at Baker County Detention Center, Including Retaliation, Physical Assault, Medical Neglect, and Unsanitary Conditions
‘A Living Hell’: Federal Complaint Lodged by Immigrants in Florida Detention Center Exposes Horrid Abuses
15 people either currently or formerly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Baker County Detention Center (Baker) filed a federal civil rights complaint, calling for releases, an immediate closure of the detention facility and an investigation amid ongoing and rampant human rights abuses including excessive use of force, racism and retaliation. Read the full complaint here.
Racist and Retaliatory Abuse, Violence, and Medical Neglect Endured by Individuals Detained at Orange County Correctional Facility
FFI joined partners in New York to submit this complaint seeking redress for racist and retaliatory abuse, use of violence, and medical neglect against individuals detained at the Orange County Correctional Facility (OCCF). This complaint is supported by the statements of ten individuals detained at OCCF who wish to remain anonymous due to fear of retaliation. People detained at OCCF continue to report that jail officials individually and collectively engage in a culture of racist and retaliatory abuse, violence, and medical neglect. People in immigration detention have the right to freedom from racial and religious discrimination, freedom from First Amendment retaliation, adequate medical care, and non-punitive and safe conditions. Over the last several years, OCCF’s appalling conditions have been the subject of multiple complaints, lawsuits, and media reports. Read the full complaint here.
Excessive Force and Retaliatory Use of Solitary Confinement Against Two Men Who Participated in Previous Civil Rights Complaint
Freedom for Immigrants and Immigrant Action Alliance submitted this complaint regarding the excessive use of force and retaliatory solitary confinement at Glades County Detention Center against two Jamaican men who reported abuse in a prior civil rights complaint filed February 22. Both men were harmed in the act of being taken to solitary confinement; both experienced severe use of force, with one man reporting he had been “badly beaten, maced and locked in confinement,” and the other reporting his head had been dragged on the ground on the way to solitary. Read the full complaint here.