THE LOOP — A mother, grandmother and organizer who was detained in a mass arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents earlier this month in the South Loop is being held in “inhumane” conditions in a Kentucky jail, organizers said at a press conference.
Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda, an organizer with Organized Communities Against Deportations, was among the at least 10 people arrested June 4. Through phone calls to her young daughter and lawyers, Chavez Pineda has described the conditions of three facilities where she has been held since getting detained, said Antonio Gutierrez, leader of Organized Communities Against Deportations.
Chavez Pineda and other immigrants detained last week at check-ins under a monitoring program in the South Loop are being held at the Kentucky jail, Gutierrez said…