""I would characterize the conditions in this facility as truly crisis-level. It is an emergency, what's happening inside," said Margot Mendelson, executive director of the Prison Law Office, which brought the lawsuit alongside the American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters."
""Mr. Gomez Ruiz knows that his diabetes can lead to serious infection and is worried that his foot will require amputation in the absence of the medical care he needs," the suit reads. "Because of the facility's restrictions on legal calls, he has been unable to discuss his medical needs in adequate detail with his attorney.""
""An attorney who sued the federal government alleged "crisis-level" conditions for the more than 1,000 people detained at the California City ICE facility.""
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration and ICE to provide constitutionally adequate health care and improve conditions at the California City immigration detention facility, the state's largest. The court found crisis-level conditions affecting more than 1,000 detainees and required guaranteed access to legal representation, temperature-appropriate blankets and clothing, and daily outdoor recreation. Plaintiffs alleged insect-infested, sewage-contaminated housing, threats by officers, solitary confinement, and a broken medical care system. One detainee reported missed insulin doses, elevated blood sugar, and a mistreated foot ulcer at risk of amputation. ICE and DHS disputed the allegations, arguing statutory limits on required treatment.
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