For months, detainees at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County have denounced inhumane conditions, overcrowding, and alleged mistreatment by guards. On Thursday, tensions escalated when a group of Cuban detainees staged a protest in the facility's recreational yard to oppose deportation to third countries including Libya, El Salvador and South Sudan.
Dozens of detainees formed a large "SOS" sign, which was captured from the air by local media outlets such as Telemundo 51 and NBC 6.
