Advocates from the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN), Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLSMA), Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, MIRA Coalition, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, and other organizations have filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, asking Attorney General Andrea Campbell to open an investigation into civil rights violations at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility. The complaint asserts that Plymouth’s policies and practices toward immigrants detained at the jail violate both federal and state law.
Read more about it here:
Press Release – Advocates File Civil Rights Complaint Against Plymouth
Massachusetts Civil Rights Complaint against Plymouth County Correctional Facility 3-9-23
Boston Globe – Detained Immigrants Claim Civil Rights Violations at Plymouth