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Two members of the Carbondale Interfaith Council make their way toward the Pulaski County Detention Center Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Ullin, Ill. Carrying bags of supplies for detainees, they presented them to the guard, but were rejected and turned away. The facility is an ICE owned detention center. Since COVID-19 hit, the facility itself has had an outbreak resulting in 78 confirmed cases of the virus. The Carbondale Interfaith Council held a prayer vigil outside of the detention center to pray for the detainees, their families, and the workers within the center.

ICE detainee alleges medical neglect at Pulaski County Detention Center

By George Wiebe, Staff Reporter
April 24, 2021
A group of protesters marches towards the Pulaski County Detention Center on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in Ullin, IL. The facility is operated by ICE. The protest was put on by the Southern Illinois Immigrant Rights Project and Midwest Council for Civil Rights. The goal was to demand health inspections for inmates.

“You are not forgotten-” outcry continues over conditions at Pulaski County Detention Center

By George Wiebe, Staff Reporter
October 30, 2020
Sarah Sanders (left), Rev. Sarah Richards, and Becca Tally look to the inmates in the yard at the Pulaski County Dentition Center during the prayer vigil Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Ullin, Ill.

Gallery: Activists hold prayer vigil at Pulaski County Detention Center

By Jared Treece, Staff Photographer
October 11, 2020
A group of protesters marches towards the Pulaski County Detention Center on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in Ullin, IL. The facility is operated by ICE. The protest was put on by the Southern Illinois Immigrant Rights Project and Midwest Council for Civil Rights. The goal was to demand health inspections for inmates.

Protesters gather outside Pulaski County Detention Center after reports of poor living conditions for detainees

By George Wiebe, Staff Reporter
October 3, 2020
English Professor Michael L. Humphries in his office Friday, October 11, 2019. He will be teaching a 400 level course featuring literature from Holocaust victims.

Holocaust Literature class returns in wake of concerns over Immigrant Detention Centers

By McKenzie Johnston, Staff Reporter
October 26, 2019
Pulliam Hall towers over the Carbondale skyline on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Carbondale community trains ICE rapid response team

By Jacob Lorenz, Staff Reporter
September 12, 2019
Brittany May, of Carterville, pushes her mothers stuck car while her, mother Valarie May, attempts to get to their home, Jan. 19, 2019, in Carterville, Illinois, after the first major winter storm of the year to hit the region.

Mid-January winter storm drops several inches, shuts down southern Illinois

By Isabel Miller, Photography and Multimedia Editor
January 19, 2019
Daily Egyptian file photo

Column: No School of Homeland Security

By Sam Beard
January 25, 2018
Daily Egyptian file photo.

IDOT warns southern Illinois motorists to watch for hazardous driving conditions

By Staff report
January 12, 2017
Daily Egyptian file photo.

Snow and ice hit southern Illinois

March 4, 2015
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