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inanna

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Wed Mar 8, 2017, 11:52 PM Mar 2017

'Serious' health, safety concerns at immigration detention facility: inspector general [View all]

Source: ABC News

Mar 8, 2017, 10:24 PM ET

Numerous health risks, poor conditions and safety violations were found at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detention facility in Orange, California, according to a report released Wednesday.

The report alleged that food was mishandled, the housing conditions were "unsatisfactory" and that the facility was violating protocols to separate high-risk detainees and low-risk detainees.

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"Of deepest concern" was the refrigeration units which were we observed to have "slimy, foul-smelling lunch meat that appeared to be spoiled."

"Detainees reported being repeatedly served lunch meat that smelled and tasted bad, which they rinsed with water before eating," said the report.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/health-safety-concerns-immigration-detention-facility-inspector-general/story?id=46005536

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