Overview
- The suit, filed Wednesday in the Northern District of California, names ICE and DHS and seeks class-wide relief for everyone held at the California City site.
- Plaintiffs allege detainees lack adequate food, water, clothing, and sanitation, face weeks-long delays for attorney access with restrictions on family visits, and endure disability neglect, solitary confinement, and confiscation of religious items.
- Medical claims include a diabetic plaintiff reporting denied insulin and another detainee alleging interrupted heart medication that resulted in two hospitalizations.
- The CoreCivic-run center reopened this summer in a converted state prison with capacity for 2,560 people, with reporting indicating several hundred to about 800 currently detained.
- A September inspection by a state disability rights group found failures to deliver life‑saving medications and timely surgeries, while ICE declined to comment and CoreCivic rejected the allegations, asserting care meets government standards.