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Residents and advocates press California City council to act on CoreCivic detention facility amid reports of medical neglect and absent permits
Summary
Dozens of speakers at the Sept. 23 California City council meeting demanded the council agendize review and enforcement actions after CoreCivic began operating an ICE detention facility; speakers alleged unsafe conditions, a hunger strike and operation without required local approvals. Council took no formal enforcement action at the meeting and a
California City — Scores of residents, immigrant-rights advocates and legal observers pressed the California City Council on Sept. 23 to take immediate steps to investigate and halt operations at the privately run CoreCivic facility in California City, saying the center has received detainee complaints of denied medication, food-related protests and poor drinking water while operating, they say, without required city permits.
The speakers, representing local and statewide advocacy groups and families of detained people, urged the council to agendize CoreCivic for formal review, request inspections and pursue enforcement or legal remedies. "We are here again, outrage that the California City Correctional Facility has been operating for almost a month without, potentially valid permits," said Marcela of Detention Watch Network during public comment.
Those calls came after advocates and detainees reported a hunger strike in which more than 100 people refused meals to protest conditions. Witnesses and advocates described detainees being denied medicines, limited access to legal resources…
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