December 27, 2008

City of immigrants fills jail cells with its own

Since housing Jason Ng, a 34-year-old Chinse detainee who died in custody from an alleged lack of medical care last summer, the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility  has been under investigation by immigration authorities. The detention facility is located in Central Falls, RI, and has recently brought attention and controversy to immigration detention centers around the country.

Motley Rice serves as lead counsel in a case filed by The Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Jason Ng's family. The case alleges that more than two dozen defendants, including officials and employees of both the Wyatt facility and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), violated his constitutional rights.

Click here to read the article featured in The New York Times.