A federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday ordered authorities to improve conditions at an immigration detention facility after detainees sued, alleging they were held in “inhumane” conditions.

The temporary order, which applies to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, a suburb west of Chicago, will remain in effect for 14 days. It requires officials to provide detainees with clean bedding and adequate sleeping space, along with soap, towels, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, menstrual products and prescribed medications.

Why It Matters

Advocates have for months raised alarms about conditions at the Broadview facility, which has also come under scrutiny from members of Congress. Lawyers and relatives of detainees have described it as an unofficial det

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