ACLU: ICE unlawfully punishing in LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The immigration
detainees sent to a notorious
Louisiana prison last month are being
punished for crimes for which they
have already served time, the American
Civil Liberties Union said Monday in a
lawsuit challenging the government’s
decision to hold what it calls the “worst
of the worst” there.
The lawsuit accuses President Donald
Trump’s administration of selecting
the former slave plantation known
as Angola for its “uniquely horrifying
history” and intentionally subjecting
immigrant detainees to inhumane conditions
— including foul water and lacking
basic necessities — in violation of
the Double Jeopardy clause, which protects
people from being punished twice
for the same crime.