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Indiana ICE facility detainees spend weeks in solitary and face ‘medical crisis,’ lawsuit says

The Seattle Times The Seattle Times·CYBELE MAYES-OSTERMAN·about 3 hours ago
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CHICAGO (AP) — Three people detained at an Indiana immigration facility known as the “Speedway Slammer” say detainees languish in solitary confinement for weeks, are denied essential medical treatment and are subjected to abuse and racial slurs by facility officials.

The detainees alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that conditions at the Miami Detention Center in Bunker Hill, Indiana, are inhumane, and officials’ neglect has created a “dangerous medical crisis,” according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in federal court in the Northern District of Indiana.

The AP has previously reported on medical neglect, dangerous conditions and human rights abuses at immigration detention facilities across the country. At least 37 people have died in U.S.…

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