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Migrant detention center: No toothbrushes or showers, kids sleeping on cement floors
Kids are taking care of babies who don’t have diapers and are covered in mucus. There are no showers or toothbrushes. Children are sleeping on cement floors.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readKids are taking care of babies who don’t have diapers and are covered in mucus. There are no showers or toothbrushes. Children are sleeping on cement floors. These are some of the appalling conditions lawyers witnessed at a migrant detention center in Clint, Texas.
After these revelations, reports say the U.S. government has removed children from the facility, but it’s unclear where to.
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The full episode
1 of 4At migrant detention center, no toothbrushes or showers- 0:00Migrant detention center: No toothbrushes or showers, kids sleeping on cement floorsYou’re reading this
- 15:03The government’s rationale for denying basic sanitary products to migrant kids
- 23:53'Joyfully single:' How a 49-year-old divorcee regained her confidence thanks to 5 lovers
- 41:50Songs that inspired KCRW DJ Eric J. Lawrence through grad school