Lemon LIVE at 5 | SHOCKING Case of Abuse & Neglect Within ICE Facility!
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What shocking abuse and neglect allegations are introduced at the start of the episode?
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5. Honored that you are here. And this is an extremely, extremely important story. So I want everybody to settle in and I want everyone to watch because I think it's going to probably... I know it's going to enlighten you. It will probably enrage many of you. So grab your... If you want to grab your Kleenex or whatever, your tissues, do it now. And I'm just warning you that this is, you know, these are strong allegations and we'll talk about all of them. So thank you for coming to the show today and watching. Let me know where you're streaming from. First order of business as usual is to, you got to hit that thumbs up button. You have to hit the like. And in the comments, if you will, remind us throughout the show or the folks in the comments that they need to like and subscribe because that's very important.
Also become a member if you care anything about independent media, especially independent journalism. And this is a story that I'm not sure that you'll hear anywhere else. You will maybe now after we tell this story. But everybody gather around. and get ready. So here we go. Thank you for joining us. And I want to say this before we begin the program, because before we begin, I just want to be very clear with our viewers that the woman that you are about to hear from is sharing her personal account and allegations regarding her husband's detention at a Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma. This is their housing, immigrants there, detainees there. We have not been able to independently verify each of her individual claims.
We did reach out to the Diamondback Correctional Facility for a comment prior to this interview, but we could not get a response because They didn't answer the phone. It rings and rings and rings and they there's no place to email. And so it is tough to get in touch with them. But we will keep trying because we want to hear their side of the story. As always, we present this conversation in the interest of transparency and public accountability. So with that said, I want to introduce you to my guest. And her name is Madi Arpatia. She is a husband, Edwin, who she says is currently being held at the Diamondback Correctional Facility in Oklahoma that I mentioned. And Madi says that her husband was first detained on December 20th.
We're going to hear from her, but I just want to get this and make sure that you hear. He was originally taken to the Blue Bonnet Facility in which was in Texas and then transferred to Oklahoma. And then there was an assault that he is alleging that he witnessed, along with four others, okay? The five of them wanted to testify about an assault, and then one detailed in earlier calls. And we're going to play some of the calls for you, okay? One was on January 1st. Edmund and the others were transferred to Diamondback Facility subsequent days. Okay, so with that said, I'm going to make this make sense. Madi, thank you very much for joining us. I know that it's tough for you. How are you doing, first of all?
You know, I'm hanging on. I'm hanging on. You know, every day I just pray that Edwin is able to call me and reach out. I'm just concerned for his safety and many other inmates' safeties.
Okay.
Yeah. OK, so listen, I want you to explain what happened. And then I'm going to ask you about these allegations of assault that Edwin says that he witnessed. OK, so what happened? How did he end up in this facility where they're housing ICE detention or detainees?
So December 20th, we were on our way from Colorado Springs to Dallas. We were driving and we were stopped in Memphis, Texas by a sheriff later on that night. The reason for the stop was because the brake light above our license plate was out. Keep in mind, our two taillights were working. They also said that the license plate cover was covering the Colorado State plate. And they said that that was illegal. They then proceeded to ask him for his identification. He gave them his identification on his phone, his passport, a picture of his passport.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What shocking abuse and neglect allegations are introduced at the start of the episode?
0:16–11:12
2
How did Edwin’s arrest and transfer to ICE custody occur according to his wife?
11:12–49:41
3
What evidence — recorded phone calls — describe the alleged violence at Blue Bonnet?
49:41–1:08:16
4
What specific abuses did Edwin witness in the shower incident and how were detainees treated afterward?
1:08:16–1:13:53
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