Florida congressman calls for closure of Baker County Detention Center over whistleblower report, civil rights complaint
MACCLENNY, Fla. – A Florida congressman is calling for the closure of the Baker County Detention Center in Macclenny after a whistleblower report and a complaint alleging civil rights violations at the facility.
The ACLU of Florida says it has received almost 500 complaints about the detention center since 2020.
The whistleblower, who was identified as a former medical worker at the facility, testified that staff denied inmates basic medical care and that they falsified records.
The whistleblower’s testimony also backed up the account of a young woman who said she was sexually abused at the detention center.
Congressman Maxwell Frost joined the ACLU on Monday for a conversation about the com...
