Incident:California City Detention Facility Conditions Lawsuit 2025

2025-11-13: [opened a detention center in a former California prison. Detainees are suing over conditions inside] — Immigrants in California’s newest ICE detention center allege they’re experiencing inhumane conditions and that they’re not getting access to lawyers. Until recently, the site was a state prison.

2025-11-13: [Ruiz, et al. v. ICE] — Seven people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sued the Trump administration over inhumane conditions at California’s largest immigration detention center, the privately owned California City Detention Facility located in Kern County. The lawsuit, Gomez Ruiz, et al. v. ICE, was filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California and seeks to redress violations of the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs are represented by the Prison Law Office, Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.

2025-11-13: [held in ‘decrepit’ California ICE facility sue over ‘inhumane’ conditions] — Seven people detained at California’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center have sued the US government, alleging they have been denied essential medications, frequently go hungry and are housed in a “decrepit” facility.

2025-11-13: [Sue Over Inhumane Conditions at Largest ICE Detention Center in California] — Lawsuit claims that people held at California City Detention Facility are subjected to abuse, excessive isolation, denial of basic necessities, including medical care