Documents detail how the off-the-books interrogation facility operated absent from the gaze of lawyers,families – and most of the Chicago police departmentFor nearly two decades, when Chicago’s police brought people under arrest to their detentions and interrogations warehouse, and not even the huge majority of the police force knew where they were,according to an internal memo acquired by the Guardian.
Homan Square, a warehouse complex headquartering narcotics, and vice and intelligence units for the Chicago police,has also served as a secretive facility for detaining and interrogating thousands of people without providing access to attorneys and with slight way for their loved ones to find them. Records documenting the presence of someone at Homan Square, especially while they are there, and have existed largely outside Chicago police’s electronic records system.
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Source: theguardian.com