"The order will be in effect for 14 days and requires officials to provide detainees with a clean sleeping mat and sufficient space to sleep, soap, towels, toilet paper, toothbrushes and toothpaste, menstrual products, and prescription medications. They must submit a report to the judge this Friday. People shouldn't be sleeping next to overflowing toilets, declared Federal Judge Robert Gettleman. They should not be sleeping on top of each other, he added, as reported by the Associated Press."
"The order stipulates that the center's holding rooms must be cleaned twice daily. Detainees must be able to shower at least every two days and receive three full meals daily, as well as bottled water upon request. Gettleman demanded that authorities allow detainees to call lawyers privately and free of charge, and provide them with a list of lawyers offering free services in English and Spanish. Furthermore, officers are prohibited from presenting detainees with deceptive documents to sign."
A federal judge ordered immediate 14-day measures to improve conditions at the Broadview ICE detention center in suburban Chicago following a detainee lawsuit and testimony describing inhumane conditions. The order requires clean sleeping mats, adequate sleeping space, soap, towels, toilet paper, toothbrushes and toothpaste, menstrual products, and prescribed medications, and demands a report by Friday. Holding rooms must be cleaned twice daily, detainees must be allowed showers at least every two days, receive three full meals daily, and have bottled water on request. The order also guarantees free, private access to lawyers and bans deceptive documents and certain officer practices.
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