Rep. Kelly Morrison toured the Whipple Federal Building this afternoon and said she saw detainees walking around in leg shackles and sleeping on concrete floors.
Morrison said that because Whipple is meant for temporarily holding people, normal rules that govern conditions at a detention center don’t apply — raising questions about plans for possible measles cases as detainees are moved between Whipple and a facility in Texas with an outbreak of the highly contagious virus.
Those who have spent time inside Whipple have previously recounted poor conditions, while the Department of Homeland Security has said “ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.”
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