by Meredyth L. Yoon and Azadeh Shahshahani
This article was originally published at Prism.
Neal, a Jamaican citizen who owned and operated a yacht servicing company for 25 years in South Florida, has spent the last 17 months in a prison that’s been converted into a detention center for immigrants in Georgia. Speaking to us of his experience at the Folkston ICE Processing Center, Neal described a prison that lacks basic safety and care for the people detained there and overall conditions that reveal a jarring lack of regard for human life.
“That place is not for safety or for human beings—it is just for money,” said Neal, who wishes to be identified by his first name only. “I thought this government was going to close down all of those private ICE prisons. Politicians say anything when they want votes.”
