A 56-year-old Bulgarian-born business owner from Chicago has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), intensifying scrutiny of medical care, detention conditions, and due process within the U.S. immigration enforcement system. Nenko Gantchev died last week at the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan, a privately run prison contracted…
The family of Zareef M. Fawaz has submitted notice of their intent to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Madison County Jail, alleging that officers failed to provide him with life-saving medication. This failure, according to the family, resulted in Fawaz’s death on May 31, 2023. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, condemned…
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint against the state of Utah and its Department of Corrections (UDOC). The DoJ is alleging discrimination against a transgender woman in a Utah jail, stating that her gender dysphoria was ignored, resulting in self-surgery. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, details that the inmate,…