By Townhall Chicago News Staff
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class-action lawsuit against a federal immigration detention facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana, alleging medical neglect, physical abuse and unsanitary conditions.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of three immigrants detained at Miami Correctional Facility, asks a federal judge to intervene in conditions at the site. Two detainees have died at the facility since ICE began housing immigrants there in 2025, according to the filing.
ICE has previously acknowledged hundreds of missed medication doses at the facility, Fox News anchor Lisa Brady said during a national broadcast. Fox News immigration reporter Jeff Minasso described the lawsuit’s scope and the two detainee deaths in his report on the filing.
The lawsuit does not identify the three plaintiffs by name. It alleges that conditions at the facility fell short of basic medical and sanitary standards required for people held in federal immigration custody.
Miami Correctional Facility is one of several sites in the Midwest that ICE has used to expand immigration detention capacity in recent years. The Indiana facility began housing immigrant detainees in 2025, according to the lawsuit, as the agency moved to add bed space outside its traditional detention network.
The lawsuit’s allegations of missed medication doses echo complaints raised at other ICE facilities around the country, though the Indiana case stands out because the agency has already acknowledged the medication lapses, according to the broadcast report.
The two deaths cited in the lawsuit have not been publicly detailed with names, dates or causes in available reporting. The filing asks the court to order changes to medical staffing and living conditions at the facility.
The case is pending in federal court. The ACLU is seeking a court order requiring changes to medical care and conditions at Miami Correctional Facility, according to the filing. No hearing date had been set as of Friday.
The lawsuit follows a broader pattern of legal challenges to ICE detention conditions at facilities activated as the agency has expanded capacity nationwide. Indiana is among several states where ICE added detention beds in 2025 to house a growing number of immigrants in custody.
