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Miami Herald: Woman in crisis was stripped, strapped to chair at Florida ICE center, suit says

A Colombian woman who was a victim of human trafficking is suing the Baker County ICE detention center in Florida, alleging that officers stripped, restrained, and mocked her while she was in the midst of a mental health crisis. Detained after asking for feminine hygiene products, she was placed in solitary confinement for weeks without proper care.

Advocacy groups including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights are demanding the facility’s closure. “Faced with a woman in crisis, Baker officers chose to demean and degrade her,” said RFK Human Rights’ Sarah Gillman.

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