Overview
- U.S. District Judge Gary Brown issued a 24-page memo criticizing ICE for holding Erron Anthony Clarke in an overcrowded Central Islip cell and for ignoring a court-ordered release.
- The order says ICE kept Clarke overnight after a Dec. 11 ruling for immediate release, raising due-process concerns addressed in the memo.
- Brown accused DHS of refusing to provide facility photographs and of giving timeline details he called evasive or demonstrably false.
- The memo describes conditions as inhumane, citing no bedding or showers, an open toilet, constant bright lighting, poor heat, and nighttime temperatures near 21°F.
- Brown linked the case to ICE’s expanding use of short-term holding rooms, noting largely unrebutted evidence and broader judicial scrutiny of such detention practices.