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Residents urge Butler County to pause or end ICE contract, describe alleged jail mistreatment
Summary
Multiple residents described alleged harsh conditions for people detained under the county's ICE contract — no windows, poor food, lights on 24/7, bed shelves causing sores — and urged the Board to pause or terminate the ICE contract; several speakers called for more dialogue and mediation as an alternative.
During the public-comment period, several residents described firsthand or secondhand accounts of people detained in Butler County Jail under Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and urged commissioners to pause or end the county’s ICE contract.
Giselle Kohler of Fairfield recounted testimony Pastor Irv Heishman shared about two parishioners who were detained…
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