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US female migrant detainees 'given bags to use as toilets'
US female migrant detainees 'given bags to use as toilets'
7 hours ago
A California congressman is calling for an inquiry into claims that female immigration detainees are being locked in rooms for 23 hours a day and given plastic bags to use as a toilet.
After visiting the facility near San Francisco, Mark DeSaulnier is urging the US attorney general to investigate.
One detainee begged to be deported to Honduras rather than stay in the jail, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The Contra Costa County sheriff, who runs the centre, denies the claims.
More:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42169969
LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141925671