Detainees on hunger strike allege filthy water, moldy food at ICE detention center in California desert

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At least 40 Adelanto detainees are reported to be on a hunger strike, which advocates said has also set them up for retaliation.

Members of the California National Guard load a truck outside the private prison company GEO Group Adelanto ICE Processing Center detention facility.

Members of the California National Guard load a truck outside the private prison company GEO Group's Adelanto ICE Processing Center detention facility in Adelanto, Calif., last year.Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images file

June 9, 2026, 5:34 PM EDT

By Alicia Victoria Lozano

Water coolers at Adelanto Detention Center, in California’s Mojave Desert, routinely remain empty for hours at a time, detainees say. When they’re filled, the drinking water appears murky and sometimes strands of hair are seen floating inside.

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