A formal complaint from 28 detainees at Stewart Detention Center was filed with the Department of Homeland Security this week. They said conditions at the immigration detention center in southwest Georgia are abusive.
Detainees said detention staff cut off their phone communication, restricted visits and denied outdoor recreation time. That’s after 72 detainees last month held a protest in the prison yard by refusing to go back inside.
Azadeh Shahshahani, legal and advocacy director of Project South, said the group and other advocacy organizations have been documenting violations at Stewart since 2008.
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