Judge Slams ICE for Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza Lockup

Judge Slams ICE for Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza Lockup

A federal judge Wednesday extended limits on the number of immigrants ICE can hold at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan and requirements that it provide detainees with basic humanitarian needs and access to legal representation. In an opinion published Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan sided with immigrants represented by the NYCLU, the ACLU and Make the Road New York, agreeing with characterizations in more than a dozen affidavits of overcrowding…

Judge Orders Changes to ‘Inhumane’ NYC ICE Facility

A federal judge on Wednesday issued an injunction against the "unconstitutional and inhumane treatment" of detainees at a federal immigration detention facility in New York, ordering the Trump administration to "conform" the site to constitutional standards. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York, a Clinton appointee, issued the injunction against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility at …

Federal Court Orders ICE To End “Inhumane” Detention Conditions At NYC’s 26 Federal Plaza

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 17, 2025: In a major victory for immigrant rights advocates, a U.S. District Court today granted a preliminary injunction banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from detaining immigrants in what the court called “abusive and unconstitutional conditions” at its 26 Federal Plaza facility in lower Manhattan. The ruling — which follows a temporary restraining order issued in August — prohibits ICE from h…