A Cuban asylum seeker at ICE’s Eloy Detention Center says he was placed in solitary confinement after demanding medical help. His family spent 10 days trying to learn whether he was alive.
It truly terrifies me as a person who has had seizures since the age of five if someone else like me is not given nessasary medications seizures that are out of control can turn deadly.
I think back to a time of neglect from my stepmother and think ice neglect is ten fold worse.
Stop ice and its medical neglect.
Those people in custody are as vulnerable as a five year old unable to take care of themselves in the same way.
That fear is real. When ICE controls whether someone gets medication, medical care, communication, or basic human contact, neglect can become a death sentence.
Alexander Hernandez asked for help and was sent to solitary. That is not apathy — that is cruelty with custody behind it.
That is what makes it so obscene. The country has the medicine, the systems, and the knowledge to keep people alive — ICE still chose isolation, neglect, and punishment.
Alexander Hernandez needed care. They gave him solitary.
Noone asking for urgent care should be isolated and left alone till they are unconscious. Its the fault of unqualified and neglectful employees. Its the fault of the rump administration and its policies of not treating people like human beings.
Its more than disposable. Its just not all that it is. They want to make anyone not white and male a second class citizen. They want to abuse those "who are not good enough" till there is nothing left and they vanish from thought, from memory, from any awareness in the American consciousness.
It appears you fixed that "settings" problem. I had no issues with sharing on Substack from your newsletter this morning, after my usual daily share on Spoutible. Thanks. You rock, you know? Keep up the good trouble.
I wish some of the other important voices on here, like Brian Tyler Cohen, would understand that and fix their account settings too. I am determined to spread your "voice" around, no matter what it takes. Though I certainly prefer when that's quick and easy. I spend all morning every day sharing these things. (I'm very old, so my many years, of marching in the streets, are over. This is what I can do now)
It truly terrifies me as a person who has had seizures since the age of five if someone else like me is not given nessasary medications seizures that are out of control can turn deadly.
I think back to a time of neglect from my stepmother and think ice neglect is ten fold worse.
Stop ice and its medical neglect.
Those people in custody are as vulnerable as a five year old unable to take care of themselves in the same way.
Stop ice neglect. Stop ice apathy.
That fear is real. When ICE controls whether someone gets medication, medical care, communication, or basic human contact, neglect can become a death sentence.
Alexander Hernandez asked for help and was sent to solitary. That is not apathy — that is cruelty with custody behind it.
It breaks my heart that a country like ours with the incredible medical advancements available is allowing this kind of cruelty every day.
That is what makes it so obscene. The country has the medicine, the systems, and the knowledge to keep people alive — ICE still chose isolation, neglect, and punishment.
Alexander Hernandez needed care. They gave him solitary.
Noone asking for urgent care should be isolated and left alone till they are unconscious. Its the fault of unqualified and neglectful employees. Its the fault of the rump administration and its policies of not treating people like human beings.
Yes. Nobody asking for urgent medical care should be punished with isolation until their body starts shutting down.
That is not neglect in the abstract — it is a policy culture that treats people in ICE custody as disposable.
Its more than disposable. Its just not all that it is. They want to make anyone not white and male a second class citizen. They want to abuse those "who are not good enough" till there is nothing left and they vanish from thought, from memory, from any awareness in the American consciousness.
I Refuse.
I Will Remember.
It appears you fixed that "settings" problem. I had no issues with sharing on Substack from your newsletter this morning, after my usual daily share on Spoutible. Thanks. You rock, you know? Keep up the good trouble.
Glad it finally stopped fighting you. People not being able to share reporting like this only buries these stories even further, so that fix mattered.
I wish some of the other important voices on here, like Brian Tyler Cohen, would understand that and fix their account settings too. I am determined to spread your "voice" around, no matter what it takes. Though I certainly prefer when that's quick and easy. I spend all morning every day sharing these things. (I'm very old, so my many years, of marching in the streets, are over. This is what I can do now)