Order comes after seven people in California City facility allege they were denied medications, food and sanitation

Order comes after seven people in California City facility allege they were denied medications, food and sanitation

The US government must provide detainees at a California immigration detention center with adequate medical care, access to attorneys, and “temperature-appropriate clothing and blankets”, a federal judge has ruled.

The order came on Tuesday in response to a lawsuit filed by seven people detained at the California City detention facility in November, alleging they had been denied essential medications, sufficient food and sanitary housing conditions.

Residents at the facility had previously described the center as a “torture chamber” and “hell on earth” in interviews with the Guardian.

  • DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Is breathable air also necessitated? Is there a minimum or maximum atmospheric pressure allowed in detention areas? Just how specific do the laws and orders need to be to prevent malicious compliance bullshit?

    “You never said the blankets couldn’t be made of steel wool and soaked in lemon juice.”
    “Temperature-appropriate clothing, sure - but you didn’t specify appropriate for the local climate and not somewhere thousands of miles away.”
    “The medication supply was adequate, it sufficed for the rest of their life!”

    There ain’t no rule that says a concentration camp can’t be made entirely of asbestos coated lead!