ACLU from NH which investigates reports that the Berlin prison will be used for immigration prisoners

ACLU from New Hampshire asks the federal government to reveal whether it intends to use a New Hampshire prison to house immigration prisoners.

ACLU submitted a request for the Law on freedom of information to the prison office and the department of internal security on Monday morning, which supervises immigration and customs execution.

Using the Law on Freedom of Information, ACLU requests any records related to the use of the Berlin federal prison to host immigration prisoners.

The request is based on a document published by KTVU FOX 2 in San Francisco, which seems to be an agreement between the prisone and ice office to limit immigration prisoners at federal prisons.

According to the agreement, the prison office would use up to four units in the Berlin prison for immigration prisoners. The units are not yet ready and will need significant training and resources before they can be used. The memory also says that ICE will pay for the preparation and maintenance of the prison, as well as the cost of costs, such as transport, tables and interpretation services.

The La Times published a related storyCiting an E -Email to recruit from a captain to an Oregon prison, requesting volunteers who could be willing to move to Berlin. According to E -mail, at least 500 migrants will be expected in Berlin.

The NHPR addressed the prison office to confirm these media accounts and was sent to the press contact for ICE, which did not respond to more comment requests.

If the reports are true, the director of ACLU policies, Amanda Azad, said he has strong concerns about the conditions and the treatment of hundreds of immigrants who could be detained in this federal prison.

“This proposal means that immigrants facing civil-no criminal accusations would have sent in a medium-security federal prison in one of the most northern cities in the whole state, isolated by their family, lawyers and potential legal services.” , she said. “… (w) refuse to stay and allow this cruelty in our state.”