Detainees speak out against ‘abusive’ US migrant jail: ‘This place is horrible’

Inmates at Stewart detention center in Georgia file complaint alleging mistreatment, medical neglect and retaliation

More than 200 detainees held at the Stewart detention center (SDC) in Lumpkin, Georgia, are raising their voices against the inhumane conditions and mistreatment they endure daily. In a recent petition addressed to local officials and the Biden administration, organized by Sopheak Pal, an SDC detainee, the petitioners are demanding immediate action.

We're treated worse than criminals [and] Ice takes advantage of our situation," Pal told the Guardian. This place is horrible, like the way they treat us ... we are all human, and we should all be treated like humans."