Interview with Etowah County Jail ICE detainee Tesfa Miller

Detainees at the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama staged a protest on March 20 after three new detainees were brought into the  facility with flu symptoms. Detainees stood on the upper tier of their dorm with bed sheets tied around their necks, threatening to kill themselves if the  facility failed to institute effective quarantine measures to protect detainees against the spread of COVID-10.Tefsa Miller, one of the detainees who stood on the ledge threatening suicide, spoke with Perilous Chronicle about his experience at the facility and his decision to protest.