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Major Health, Safety Problems Found At ICE Detention Facility In Adelanto, California

Imprisoned immigrants are seen at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Adelanto Detention Facility on September 6, 2016 in Adelanto, Calif. (David McNew/AFP/Getty Images)
Imprisoned immigrants are seen at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Adelanto Detention Facility on September 6, 2016 in Adelanto, Calif. (David McNew/AFP/Getty Images)

Inspectors found significant health and safety risks at the Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in California. A Nicaraguan man died after he hung himself from a noose made of bedsheets in March, 2017. Detainees also have to wait weeks and months to see doctors or to get dental care.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks to Paloma Esquivel (@palomaesquivel), a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, about conditions at the facility.

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