Overview

• Attorneys filed an amended complaint and asked a federal judge for a preliminary injunction requiring timely, confidential and meaningful attorney-client communication.
• Court papers describe a lack of reliable contact protocols, a three-day appointment rule and last-minute transfers that prevent scheduled legal visits.
• Filings say detainees use non-soundproof video booths with staff within earshot, legal documents face staff review and names are missing from ICE’s online locator.
• The facility continues to operate after an 11th Circuit panel stayed a lower court order that had required a wind-down in a separate environmental case.
• A separate federal lawsuit challenges Florida’s authority to detain people under 287(g) at the Everglades site, which state officials rapidly built in late June.