Overcrowding and dysfunction produced a quiet riot at a Miami federal prison holding ICE detainees

Overcrowding and dysfunction produced a quiet riot at a Miami federal prison holding ICE detainees

Half the elevators at Federal Detention Center Miami are broken. Immigrant detainees are kept on lockdown, and lawyers can barely reach their clients.

Overcrowding and Dysfunction Produced a Quiet Riot at a Miami Federal Prison Holding ICE Detainees

Immigration lawyers and correctional officers say an influx of hundreds of immigrant detainees at a federal prison in Miami has thrown the facility into disarray, leading to a detainee revolt in April that was put down with force. The details of that April 15 disturbance—in which detainees…