We are living as you know in this prison in no good conditions.

There is no hospital here and if a coronavirus enters here, we are not talking about one or

two people are going to get it.

No, everybody at the same time is going to get it because everybody here is together

between the same air and a lot of people are going to die here.

From Futuro Miria, it's Latino USA.

I'm Maria Inohosa.

There are currently over 35,000 immigrants in detention in the United States and most of

them are in facilities under the control of ICE, the immigration and customs enforcement

agency.

Even during non-pandemic times, several of these places have been singled out for denying

adequate health care to detainees.

Last year, a group of advocacy and human rights organizations filed a sweeping lawsuit against

ICE pointing out major lapses in medical care in over 100 detention facilities.

As the spread of COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals in some areas of the country, the situation

that many immigrants and refugees in detention are facing has become an urgent concern.

ICE has already started to report that some immigrants and employees have tested positive

for the virus in detention.

People are being given about one, four ounce tube of soap each week, which they say is not

enough.

They've also asked for additional supplies beyond that, like hand sanitizer and disinfectant

wipes so they can disinfect the phones in between people using them.

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