ICE Must Fix ‘Overcrowded, Squalid, and Degrading’ Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, NY Judge Says
The ruling adds new space, bedding, hygiene and legal-access requirements after the judge found detainees were kept in overcrowded, unsanitary rooms.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a permanent injunction requiring the Department of Homeland Security to improve conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, citing overcrowded cells and inadequate access to medical care and legal counsel.
- Immigrant rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union brought the lawsuit, arguing that the administration created a "crisis of its own making" by detaining more people than could be humanely held in the building's rooms.
- Kaplan's ruling detailed that detainees were forced to sleep on concrete floors next to toilets without cots or blankets, while bright lights were kept on at all hours, leaving many without space to lie down.
- The injunction mandates that ICE provide clean bedding, hygiene supplies, and three daily meals, while requiring on-site medical screenings and private phone access for detainees alongside class-action status for those held at the facility.
- Expressing skepticism about future compliance, Kaplan noted that ICE officials previously attempted to "sanitize the record" and disregarded earlier orders, warning that overcrowding and abuses would resume without strict adherence.
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ICE must fix ‘overcrowded, squalid, and degrading’ conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, NY judge says
NEW YORK — A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to permanently improve the “ overcrowded, squalid and degrading ” cells where undocumented New Yorkers are detained at 26 Federal Plaza, and said U.S. Immigration and…
'Inhumane': Judge Permanently Limits Capacity in ICE Holding Cells at 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge has permanently capped the number of detainees who can be held at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells inside 26 Federal Plaza, siding with immigrant rights advocates who sued over squalid conditions on the building’s 10th floor. The permanent injunction issued Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan extends […]
Federal judge orders ICE to improve conditions for immigration detainees at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan
A district judge tells federal officials to provide immigration detainees sufficient space, food, hygiene and access to legal and medical assistance at the Manhattan facility.
ICE must fix ‘overcrowded, squalid, and degrading’ conditions at 26 Federal Plaza: NY judge
In a blistering 127-page opinion, Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan said the inhumane treatment violated the Constitution, “not to mention any decent concern for the Golden Rule or the demands of humanity.”
In Scathing Ruling, Judge Orders ICE to End ‘Squalid’ Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza
U.S. District Judge Luis A. Kaplan issued a permanent injunction against the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, ordering improvements to unconstitutional and inhumane detention conditions at the 26 Federal Plaza facility in New York City.
Federal judge blasts ICE over "inhumane" NYC detention conditions
A federal judge slammed ICE for what he called "inhumane and unconstitutional" conditions at a New York City detention center and issued a permanent injunction imposing sweeping standards on the facility.Why it matters: The ruling echoes other court decisions tied to President Trump's rapid expansion of immigration arrests and detention.Kaplan found that ICE had repeatedly ignored his previous orders and misled the court about its compliance, sa…
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