14-03-2025
ICE accused of long holding times, poor conditions in Baltimore
A DC- and Baltimore-based immigrant rights group says it has firsthand accounts of poor conditions, overcrowding and long holding times at the George Fallon Building in downtown Baltimore, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds detainees. "We have come to learn over the last couple of weeks, of examples of people being held at the Fallon building at the ice holding cell in Baltimore for way longer than 12 hours. 12 hours is the limit," said Eric Lopez, deputy program director with the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights. Lopez, who works with the group in Baltimore, told WMAR there are examples of people sleeping on the floor, not provided with blankets and being overcrowded in single rooms. They are not provided the access to showers or adequate access to food, he said in a Friday interview. READ MORE:
