Words From Inside NJ & NY's ICE Facilities (April 2021)

ALEX LEGASOV MARCH 2021 Alex, from the former USSR and currently under ICE custody at Krome Processing Center in Miami, started a hunger strike on March 11 and a water strike on March 14 to demand his freedom.

Alex has no country of origin to return to if deported.

He is far from his family and home in Florida. He is almost 60 years old and has a host of medical issues, including high blood pressure and pre-diabetes. He could lose his vision at any moment, and states his vision is already getting blurry. Despite deciding to drink water again, on 3/26/21, he was put on suicide watch (i.e. solitary confinement) and denied water and medication. They had stripped off his clothes and moved him to be watched. On 3/31/21, his ex-wife reported that he was beaten by the guards twice, taken to the hospital, then transferred to Krome in Miami.

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