By Diana Novak Jones and Emily Schmall

CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal judge in Chicago ordered federal officials to improve conditions for detainees at a suburban Chicago immigration facility, including access to clean toilets, after a lawsuit alleged the conditions were unconstitutional and inhumane.

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman granted the detainees’ request for a temporary restraining order on Wednesday, saying he found accounts from witnesses were extremely credible and that the conditions at the facility did not “pass constitutional muster.”

Gettleman said he added some conditions to the order beyond what plaintiffs requested, based on witnesses’ testimony at a hearing on Tuesday.The order sets requirements for detainees’ meals and hygiene needs at the facility in Broadview,

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