More than 100 people detained in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown have spent extended hours in small, cramped cells inside the federal courthouse in Central Islip, according to a Newsday analysis of federal data, revealing a pattern that’s drawn increased criticism from federal judges.
The makeshift holding rooms have often been packed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement with numerous detainees at once, newly obtained court transcripts and exclusive interviews with some of the people detained show.
They described sleeping around an open toilet emanating the smell of human waste; being packed in so tightly that they did not have enough room to lie down; having no access to showers and getting no medical care.
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