...The suit was filed by Bronx Defenders, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the plaintiffs, against ICE as well as the current and former Orange County sheriffs, a staff member at the sheriff’s office,  and the U.S. Department Of Homeland Security (DHS).

Nahum Ortiz, one of the plaintiffs, said the hunger strike he and other detainees launched in February of 2022 was to protest poor conditions, mistreatment, and the quality of the food at the upstate facility, which ICE contracts with to incarcerate detainees while their immigration cases work through the court system...

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