Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Jewelia Willoughby, the June Calendar Girl, is happy the school year is over and summertime is here. This outdoor aficionado is looking forward to spending some quality time fishing, hiking, and spending time with her loved ones. She received her French Bulldog, Sophie, as an early graduation present and looks forward to spending time camping with her over the summer. Jewelia is the daughter of Chris Willoughby and Jessica and Dennis Spence. She has two brothers, Jackson Willoughby, 20, and Cooper Spence, 13. Jewelia was active in softball and wrestling at Monett High School. She plans to get her tattooing license and start with cosmetic tattooing, eventually get her piercing certificate and one day open her own shop. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com
Landlord Sues New Jersey Immigration Jail for Alleged Dangerous Conditions
The owners of a warehouse being used to hold immigrant detainees in Elizabeth, New Jersey, claim conditions at the facility are unsafe.
The owners of a warehouse being used to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in Elizabeth, New Jersey, are claiming the conditions at the facility are unsafe and have filed a lawsuit to end ICE’s lease. The lawsuit alleges CoreCivic, a private prison operator, infringed its contract by not following the safety guidelines to reduce the spread of COVID-19 within the facility. The Elizabeth jail had the most COVID-19 cases of immigration jails in the region. A dozen detainees were reported as having the virus last week. Several counties in New Jersey have recently moved to stop admitting new ICE detainees. Gothamist
Immigrant Workers on Strike for Higher Wages at Catsimatidis’ Oil Company
The company has sent letters to three of the workers on strike stating that they have been permanently replaced. Neither UMEC nor Catsimatidis himself responded to Documented’s request for comment.
For five years, Dennis Spence has worked as a terminal operator for United Metro Energy Corp. (UMEC). An immigrant from the small Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Spence has three daughters and thought himself fortunate to have a job that paid $27.50 an hour. However, the work was inherently dangerous. Every night, he was required to climb up and down several large oil and chemical tanks to gauge their capacity. One small slip could be fatal.