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Federal judge blasts ICE over "inhumane" NYC detention conditions
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A federal judge slammed ICE for what he called "inhumane and unconstitutional" conditions at a New York City detention center and issued a permanent injunction imposing sweeping standards on the facility.
Key facts
- What's inside: The court's permanent injunction requires ICE to provide at least 50 square feet of qualifying floor space per person, excluding space within eight feet of a toilet, and keep hold
- The holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC are meant to be short-term facilities that house detained immigrants for "12 hours or less," but ICE routinely held people for extended periods
- Fed 26 is not unique," Kaplan wrote, noting that "comparable litigation" has been brought against other facilities
- What they're saying: "The conditions of confinement to which ICE subjected immigration detainees at 26 Fed during the summer of 2025 were inhumane and unconstitutional," U.S. District Judge Lewis
Summary
The ruling echoes other court decisions tied to President Trump's rapid expansion of immigration arrests and detention. Kaplan wrote in a scathing 127-page opinion. ICE staff or contractors were typically close enough to overhear phone conversations, leaving at least one person "fearful and powerless" and scared of "speak[ing] freely.