Florida congressman calls for ICE facility at Baker County Detention Center to be shut down
This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower disclosure and was originally published here.
MACCLENNY, Fla. — A Florida congressman is calling for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at the Baker County Detention Center to be shut down.
Congressman Maxwell Frost, who represents Florida’s 10th congressional district, made those remarks during a live conversation on social media Monday afternoon.
Frost was joined by Amy Godshall, an attorney for the ACLU, and a woman whose husband was detained at the ICE facility in Baker County. They outlined allegations of harassment, medical neglect and unsanitary living conditions.
According to Godshall, there is not enough food or water for detainees, mold is growing in the building and the roof is leaking.
“Baker does not provide adequate access to hygiene products. They do not give enough toilet paper. People will regularly run out of toilet paper between disbursements of toilet paper and end up using their socks to wipe one for feces and one for urine because they have nothing else to use as toilet paper,” Godshall said.
Godshall added that the detainees are not receiving adequate medical attention.
Meredith’s husband was in the Baker County Detention Center for a year. She said he was often denied medical attention and the staff violated guidelines.
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