âDying of Coldâ: ICE Detainees Freezing in Southern Prisons
Reports are emerging from ICE detention centers of solitary confinement cells with no heat and guards blasting fans at detainees complaining of cold.
February 19 2021, 8:33Â p.m.
The Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Alexandria, La.Photo: Google MapsThe Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Alexandria, La.Photo: Google Maps
In Louisiana and Texas, immigrants seeking asylum are facing dire conditions in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers hit by this weekâs extreme cold. At the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, advocates say parents and children have been living with overflowing toilets, thirst, poor hygiene, and heat that fades in and out. Twenty miles away, at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, advocates say detainees who complained about the cold faced retaliation. At the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Louisiana, a detainee inte