Khanna said he spoke with 47 detainees during his visit on January 5. “One man with blood in his urine had not been able to see a doctor, another complained of rocks in the food, another of not having a long sleeve shirt, shivering at night,” he said.
He later told KQED the conditions amounted to “systemic neglect”.
“We’re treating these people like animals, not like human beings … It’s an embarrassment for the country,” Khanna said.
Christ. I wish I was surprised, but this is the exact kind of deterioration of already horrific conditions I expected out of this fascist administration.
Rocks in the fucking food. Christ.
Detention-related deaths have also surged, with 32 reported in 2025, the highest number in more than two decades.
Khanna said he spent about three hours at the facility with an aide. He was told there were more than 1,400 detainees, including 215 women, though ICE data from December listed 922 people in custody. The facility is set to become the largest ICE detention centre in California, with capacity for nearly 26,000 detainees.
Detainees described undrinkable water, repeated lockdowns, no-contact family visits and severe delays in medical care. Khanna said he saw only one doctor attending to around 40 patients during his visit. “It was really dehumanizing, and many of them were in tears,” he said.
And to top it all off, it’s fucking contracted out to a private prison corp. Of course it is.
CoreCivic, which operates the facility, rejected claims of neglect. A company spokesperson said health and safety were a top priority and that detainees have daily access to medical and mental health services.
California ICE facility
Lets call it what it is: a concentration camp
