Inland Empire Progressive

From the moment one reads the disturbing reports coming out of the Adelanto ICE facility, the comparison to some of the most infamous detention and concentration camps since World War 2 begins to seem less figurative than literal. People with disabilities are held in unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the facility, detainees routinely denied basic needs like adequate food, safe water, clean clothing, medical and mental‐health care.  The report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General from 2018 found nooses in detainee cells, improper and inadequate detainee medical care at Adelanto.  KHSU has reported that ne detainee was held in solitary for 904 days in the so‑called Special Management Unit. These conditions are evidence of the Trump Administration's system of cruelty that was built to treat human beings as disposable, replaceable, invisible. It is not mere imprisonment; it is the slow grind of disenfranchisement, the factory of despair that is...

Adelanto is in the High Desert and is split into 2 sub-areas. New Adelanto and Old Adelanto, which is by the Air Force Base out there. There is also a detention center, but I can't recall if it's federal or state. All I know is that it is hot as hell out there during the summer and cold as hell during the winter. I know Old Adelanto to be a lot tougher area because it is heavily in poverty and the African Americans and Mexicans can't seem to get along. I think it's the heat. Registration for Adelanto Dems increased by 183 Dems in 2011. This is a 5% increase from last year. The spike started around May and is upward trending. Last year was relentively flat and was probably due to the Conservative wave that was moving around the country at that time. I remeber the Tea Party being very active in Redlands, Chino Hills, and the High Desert. That was also a great year for California Democrats. We gained an Assembly seat inching us close to the 2/3rds needed to have sup...