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Speakers urge better Spanish-language access at Escambia County Jail; chief says bilingual line, handbook and staff available
Summary
Multiple community members said Spanish-only detainees at the Escambia County Jail lack reliable interpretation and faced prolonged ICE holds; the jail chief said the facility has an interpreter line, Spanish materials and fluent staff and reported 27 detainees with ICE detainers.
Several Pensacola-area residents told the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners at a public forum that Spanish-speaking people held at the county jail lack adequate communication of their rights, charges and medical needs.
Grace (resident and advocate) said she had received repeated calls from inmates and family members reporting that detainees did not speak to a single person in Spanish. She described a Honduran man with multiple broken bones who, she said, had not received adequate medical…
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