The ACLU of New Hampshire filed a FOIA request to confirm reports from several news outlets that claim that the Berlin Federal Correctional Institution will hold immigration detainees.

The ACLU of New Hampshire is asking for information on possible plans to house hundreds of immigrants facing deportation at the federal prison in Berlin. A recent report by the Los Angeles Times suggested that the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Berlin,

Immigrants facing civil - not criminal - charges would be sent to a medium-security federal prison... isolated from their family, advocates, and potential legal services,” the ACLU of New Hampshire said in a statement.

The ACLU of New Hampshire is asking for information on possible plans for the federal prison in Berlin to house hundreds of immigrants facing deportation.