03.07.2019 - 11:01 [ CNN ]

Exclusive: DHS watchdog finds expired food, dilapidated bathrooms amid ‚egregious‘ conditions at ICE facilities in 2018

(07.06.2019)

The Department of Homeland Security inspector general found expired food and dilapidated bathrooms during unannounced visits to four immigrant detention facilities in 2018, according to a report released Thursday.

The kitchen at one facility was in such poor shape — with open packages of raw chicken leaking blood over refrigeration units — that the kitchen manager was replaced while the IG inspection was ongoing.

The report describes conditions at facilities last year,