unsanitary

The Wall Street Journal has reported on detainees experiencing harsh treatment, including beatings, psychological abuse, food deprivation, crowded and unsanitary conditions, and being denied requests for medical care and legal counsel.

My mother deemed it unsanitary, lamenting that those infamous basins of water were filled with saliva and oral germs galore.

The punishment cells, or the “Klondike,” are described in a 1924 warden’s report as a row of unsanitary, windowless cells with black painted ceilings and walls, and only an iron toilet and faucet.

In June, critics — including some staff who work inside — told The Times that conditions inside the detention center were unsafe and unsanitary.

Democrats, however, described the conditions as vile, crowded and unsanitary.