Civil rights attorneys file lawsuit challenging 'inhumane' conditions at Indiana immigration detention center
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<p>A coalition of civil rights organizations — including the ACLU, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and the MacArthur Justice Center — filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday challenging the "inhumane and unconstitutionally punitive" treatment of detainees at an Indiana maximum-security correctional facility where many Chicago-area immigrants end up after their arrest.</p><p>A sprawling male prison in Bunker Hill, Miami Correctional Facility, about 150 miles from Chicago, opened around 2001 and today operates for both regular state prisoners and immigration detainees simultaneously…
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Civil rights attorneys file lawsuit challenging 'inhumane' conditions at Indiana immigration detention center
<p>A coalition of civil rights organizations — including the ACLU, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and the MacArthur Justice Center — filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday challenging the "inhumane and unconstitutionally punitive" treatment of detainees at an Indiana...
