Inmates at the Adelanto Detention Center and Desert View Annex, both ICE facilities, are on a hunger strike due to inhumane conditions.“According to immigrant rights organizations, the strikes at both centers occurred in the wake of a new report on ICE detention centers in California, published by the California Attorney General's Office, in which conditions were described as ‘cruel, inhumane and unacceptable.’” “In a virtual press conference held Wednesday morning, Caleb Soto, an attorney for the National Network of Day Labor Organizations (NDLON), who represents people currently detained at the Adelanto detention center, stated that he visits the facility every week and has heard multiple testimonies about the conditions inside the detention centers. ‘I see how the detainees deteriorate week after week,’ Soto said. ‘The food they are given provides almost no nutritional value. Doctor appointments can take weeks or even months to be approved, often lasting 60 seconds and ending with a prescription for Tylenol, Advil or even a packet of salt. People with serious illnesses go untreated, and I have seen people age before my eyes in a matter of months.’”
|
