The reports of rationing hygiene products come after the Tribune last week reported that a shortage of essential supplies in the city’s shelters forced some parents to reuse dirty diapers on their …
Maria Perez, center, hands out diapers, wipes and formula outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side on March 4, 2024, in Chicago. Migrants told the Tribune that they are not always allowed to bring in donations from outside and they’re scared to talk to the media for fear of being kicked out of the shelter.
Women reported that shelter staff would only give them one sanitary pad a day while they’re on their period and that they’re forced to ask for toilet paper before using the bathroom.“You have to go up and ask for a pad and they give you one and then make a note of where you’re sleeping so you can’t ask for more,” said a woman staying at the shelter who didn’t want to give her name for fear of being kicked out.
A woman carries a small child and hygiene products as Maria Perez hands out diapers, wipes, and formula outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side on Monday, March 4, 2024, in Chicago. Cepeda said she was kidnapped for a year in Peru — threatened, hit and held at gunpoint. She came to the United States with a newborn seeking protection and economic opportunity but said the treatment at the shelter where she’s been staying since late December has felt inhumane.
In a Freedom of Information Act request, the Tribune obtained hundreds of pages of complaints submitted by shelter residents that revealed testimonies of staff treating migrants “like animals.” “They’re not giving migrants , and when someone does, they’re not allowed to bring them in,” said Maria Perez, a volunteer with Southwest Collective.
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