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Judge Slams ICE Over Inhumane Detention Conditions
12/19/2025
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- A federal judge condemned the detention conditions faced by Erron Anthony Clarke, a Jamaican citizen.
- Clarke spent over two days in a cramped Central Islip cell near an open toilet with eight others as temperatures fell to 21 degrees.
- Judge Gary R. Brown, appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump, criticized ICE for misinformation about Clarke's arrest.
- He noted a broader trend of judicial criticism of inhumane detention conditions nationwide.
