Whistleblower provides internal documents alleging severe overcrowding, mistreatment months before viral video sparked national outrage
BALTIMORE — For the first time, someone who worked inside the Baltimore ICE detention facility at the center of a viral video showing severe overcrowding is speaking out publicly — and exclusively to WUSA9.
The former worker whose identity WUSA9 is disguising at his request because they signed a non-disclosure agreement and could face legal action, provided internal documents and described conditions they say went far beyond what appeared in January’s viral video.
"I worked there for several months and it was probably day one, day two that I saw the abuse," the worker said. "I saw people laying in feces. People throwing up, people laying in urine."
The former worker provided WUSA9 with what they claim are internal head count sheets from December showing conditions worse than the viral video: 47, 50 and 56 detainees in the same cell — more than the worker counted in the video itself — and as many as 50 in an even smaller cell.
"That looks like there's probably about 30 people in that cell. That's cell one. And I've seen 50 people in that cell," the worker said. "But worse than that is cell 3. Cell 3 is half that size. And I've seen 50 people in cell 3."
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