Central Islip Hold Room
The Central Islip Hold Room is a Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility located inside the Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse in Central Islip, New York.
The facility includes four holding rooms: two measuring 7 by 10 feet (2.1 by 3.0 m), and two measuring 8 by 10 feet (2.4 by 3.0 m). Both have toilets as part of the rooms and showers, but neither has beds.[1] They are reportedly poorly heated, and were crowded with eight inmates in a cell during the detention of Erron Anthony Clarke, whose treatment became the subject of a federal lawsuit.[2]
Despite a prior ICE policy that detainees could stay in hold rooms no more than 12 hours, some inmates were held in the Hold Room for three days.[1] ICE waived the 12-hour limit nationwide for twelve months on June 24, 2025.[3][4]
On December 18, 2025, Federal Judge Gary R. Brown issued a ruling holding that ICE was holding immigrants in the Central Islip Hold Room "inhumanely and unlawfully" and stated that, "The evidence presented to this court, which has been largely unrebutted, demonstrates that ICE has been deploying its 'holding rooms' in a manner that shocks the conscience."[2] In a December 23 letter in response, the Department of Homeland Security pledged to no longer hold immigrants in the facility overnight and to limit the population to two per holding room.[5][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Solnik, Claude (2026-02-05). "ICE vows detention reforms in Central Islip after judge finds fault". Long Island Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nerkar, Santul (2025-12-19). "Trump-Appointed Judge Flays ICE Over Conditions in Long Island Lockup". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
- ↑ Olivares, José; Craft, Will (2025-10-30). "Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
- ↑ "ICE waives 12-hour holding cell limit, allowing detainees to be held for 72 hours". Immigration Policy Tracking Project. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
- ↑ Cruz, Brandon (2025-12-31). "ICE will no longer hold detainees at LI courthouse for more than 12 hours". New York Post. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
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