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NEW: In litigation over detention conditions for immigrant children (Flores), the 9th Circuit ruled that an order addressing claims of sleep deprivation and food/water/hygiene access issues didn't modify the original agreement, so it dismissed DOJ's appeal cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opin… 
Sleep, dry clothes, and soap count as "safe and sanitary" conditions the govt must provide detained immigrant children, the 9th Circuit ruled today.
DOJ's "cramped" reading of the govt's obligations under a 1997 settlement was "untenable," the court held. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
DOJ's "cramped" reading of the govt's obligations under a 1997 settlement was "untenable," the court held. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
9th Circuit: "Assuring that children eat enough edible food, drink clean water, are housed in hygienic facilities with sanitary bathrooms, have soap and toothpaste, and are not sleepdeprived are without doubt essential to the children’s safety."
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