Inadequate facilities are ones which lack proper food, hydration, blankets, schooling, activities and health care facilities.
You know. Not cages
66 detainees were forced into a room that had a maximum capacity of 12. One 12-person cell held 76 people. Another cell with a maximum capacity of eight held 41 people during the inspectors’ visit, and a third cell intended for 35 people contained 155 detainees.
The report also noted that the limited space is preventing detainees who have infectious diseases, including chicken pox, scabies and influenza, from being quarantined from the general population.
The crowding has forced some detainees to stand on top of the toilets in the cells to “make room and gain breathing space,” the report revealed. This has limited access that other detainees have to the toilets, thus worsening conditions at the detention center.
“We are concerned that overcrowding and prolonged detention represent an immediate risk to the health and safety not just of the detainees, but also DHS agents and officers,” the report says.