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Residents urge Butler County commissioners to reconsider ICE contract, cite alleged jail mistreatment
Summary
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to urge the Board of Commissioners to suspend or end the county�s contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, citing alleged poor conditions and systemic abuses in local jail facilities and calling for the county to use its administrative authority to protect residents and detainees.
Butler County residents pressed the Board of Commissioners on Feb. 3 to re-examine the county�s contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to investigate alleged mistreatment at county jail facilities.
At the public-comment portion of the meeting, Linda Spurrier of Hamilton asked whether non-criminal migrants apprehended in nearby counties would be detained at Butler County facilities and urged county officials to inspect sheriff-owned facilities unannounced. �Can you go there as county officials unannounced?�…
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