Ache v. Witte (Western Louisiana)
Ache v. Witte is a habeas petition and complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief filed on behalf of 14 medically vulnerable people detained in immigration detention at Pine Prairie Correctional Center and Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Western Louisiana. Amid an alarming resurgence of COVID-19 cases at detention centers in Louisiana, the case seeks a health inspection of the facilities and release of the plaintiffs, who are detained in crowded, unsanitary conditions in facilities that fail to provide them with adequate medical care. The plaintiffs are medically vulnerable and face an especially heightened risk of severe complications or death should they contract COVID-19.