Border agents at an El Paso, Texas, holding facility for illegal immigrants feared riots breaking out because of the complex’s poor conditions.

Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General reviewed conditions at the unnamed facility on May 7, according to an internal report obtained by NBC News. The inspectors found the facility severely overcrowded with many detainees lacking basic hygienic products, such as soap and clean clothes.

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