Overview
- An immigrants’ rights attorney told a federal court that guards at the Everglades detention site beat detainees after phone service was shut off earlier this month.
- The filing says officers used pepper spray and broke a detainee’s wrist, and it names clients who reported the violence.
- Photos submitted to the court show Raiko Lopez Morffi with a black eye and other injuries that his lawyer says came from the incident.
- The court action follows a late‑March order requiring free, confidential legal calls and at least one working phone for every 25 detainees.
- DHS and ICE declined comment due to active litigation, Florida’s emergency management agency did not immediately respond, and the remote site—opened by Gov. Ron DeSantis and touted by President Donald Trump last year—faces tribal, environmental suits and a December Amnesty report on alleged abuses.