It's few and far between when I feel compelled to give a one-star review. It's warranted; that's all I have to say about that. Everything I've written you should take with a grain of salt, or a whole damn shaker because it's much worse than I've even hinted at!
I visited with A friend who was detained by ICE for an hour today with his mom and sister. He's trying to stay positive, but you can tell he is sad and worried. He's down to 116 pounds. The food is horrible. There is a commissary he can purchase snacks and essentials once a week from. They feed them at 4 am, 1:30 pm, and 4:30 pm. I don't know about you, but I would never be up at 4 am to eat. He said they give him only a couple minutes to eat. Each meal always has rice and beans. For lunch it is often a bean burrito with a side of rice and beans or a rice burrito with rice and beans! Dinner is worse, but they get ice cream twice a week and canned fruit some days. I think they feed them at 4 am to save money and to increase profits since detainees need to purchase over-priced food from the commissary.
He was put in solitary recently because he told Sergeant Sanchez to act like a sergeant and stop cursing at everyone and calling my friend a weirdo because he is gay. The sergeant pulled out his pepper spray and wanted osny to fight him. The sergeant has about 80-100 pounds heavier than my friend. So sad!
He's making friends and helping anyone that wants. His nickname is "the attorney." He's already gotten several people released and is helping them file more motions.
There are about 75 guys in the "dorms" together. They have two televisions, two microwaves, and one communal shower that accommodates about 9 guys.
He gets to go outside for 1 1/2 hours each day.
The staff has been hit and miss. I loved the young lady at the counter with all of the tattoos and the other young lady who faked a British accent. At least they were personable. It doesn't make up for how they treat the detainees though; totally unacceptable! I hope someone exposes them for who they are: money-hungry, human rights violators!
Best article about this travesty yet:
https://www.intomore.com/culture/to-be-gay-engaged-and-separated-by-ice-detention-at-christmas read more