re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Derek Loh, attorney w/ Immigrant Defenders Law Center, says they’re getting no word on whether clients will be held in this federal prison at Victorville. “This prison was designed to house convicted criminals. Immigrant detainees are in civil proceedings. They’re not criminals” pic.twitter.com/RriiZOjURb

— Libby Denkmann (@libdenk) June 8, 2018

Zumkehr: employees found out on Tuesday in a meeting “they’re going to give us 1,000 new people but not one new staff member.” Says medical staff at the prison is a huge concern — doctors, nurses, assistants, etc. Says they’ve raised the problem with management multiple times

— Libby Denkmann (@libdenk) June 8, 2018

Immigration detainees are being held at one of the medium security facilities at Victorville. From the Bureau of Prisons website today: pic.twitter.com/VbdN2gS0DD

— Libby Denkmann (@libdenk) June 9, 2018

Why is this happening? ICE spokeswoman Danielle Bennett told @KPCC they need the beds in federal prisons “due to the current surge in illegal border crossings and implementation of the U.S. Department of Justice’s zero-tolerance policy.” Advocates argue it’s a manufactured crisis

— Libby Denkmann (@libdenk) June 9, 2018