Special report: Guardian lawsuit reveals overwhelming racial disparity at Homan Square,where detainees are still held for minor crimes with minute access to the external world, despite police denials that site is an anomalyAt least 3500 Americans have been detained inside a Chicago police warehouse described by some of its arrestees as a secretive interrogation facility, and newly uncovered records reveal.
Of the thousands held in the facility known as Homan Square over a decade,82% were black. Only three received documented visits from an attorney, according to a cache of documents obtained when the Guardian sued the police.
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Source: theguardian.com