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Adams County Correctional Center
Coverage of Adams County Correctional Center in the Nexus archive.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementorganization1Andrei Zykovperson1Mississippi Todayorganization1overcrowdingtopic1unsanitary conditionstopic1human rights violationtopic1Maria Celesteperson1Antonyperson1U.S. Border Patrolorganization1U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)organization1CoreCivicorganization1Hondurasplace1habeas corpustopic1
- ‘Complete discomfort, little space’: ICE detainees in Mississippi complain of crowding as arrests skyrocket
ICE detainees at Mississippi's Adams County Correctional Center report overcrowding, with three people in 8x10-foot cells designed for two, leading to unsanitary conditions and health risks. Nearly 70 detainees signed a complaint letter highlighting these issues, while facility staff dismissed concerns as 'temporary.'
- ‘He cannot continue waiting’: With a fiancé and father languishing in immigration detention, one family contemplates giving up the fight to stay
Maria Celeste, an asylum-seeking immigrant, and her fiancé Antony, a detained Honduran citizen, face family separation after Border Patrol arrested Antony during a routine commute. Antony, detained at Adams County Correctional Center, is challenging his incarceration through a habeas corpus petition, arguing it violates his due process rights.