Like sardines in a can : Complaint alleges medical neglect at Florida ICE detention center Monique O. Madan, The Miami Herald
Feb. 23 In a scathing federal civil rights complaint filed Monday, 25 immigration detainees chronicled what they describe as rampant medical neglect, constitutional violations, deteriorating conditions and retaliation inside the Glades County Detention Center in Central Florida.
In the complaint sent to the Office of the Inspector General and the Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security immigrants behind bars call on federal officials to launch an investigation into abuses at Glades and request the assignment of an immediate oversight team to prevent additional deaths and health consequences.