A judge sent a doctor to evaluate the Cal City ICE detention center. What he found
The judge ordered a medical evaluation after concerns that the facility was not providing adequate care and timely access to prescriptions, according to the report.
- Court-Appointed monitor Dr. Muthusamy Anandkumar found 13 major healthcare deficiencies at the California City Immigration Processing Center, citing systemic staffing and management failures rather than individual errors.
- These findings mirror a report from Disability Rights California 10 months ago, which identified similar lapses in medication and chronic disease management at the facility, currently operated by CoreCivic.
- Plaintiff Sokhean Keo, who alleges he never received prescribed infection medication, warned that "sick people are going to die," according to an ACLU statement.
- While CoreCivic spokesperson Ryan Gustin stated the facility provides 24-hour emergency care, the monitor reported extreme staffing shortages forced untrained personnel to train new staff members.
- The federal government purchased the California City site earlier this month, though CoreCivic maintains operations under a monitor appointed by a federal judge last March.
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The Immigration and Customs Service opened the immigration detention centre in what was once a state prison and began to admit detainees in August.
A judge sent a doctor to evaluate California's largest ICE detention center. What he found
A report from an independent monitor says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is failing to provide adequate healthcare at a new detention center in California City.
Palo Alto Online
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in English. Read it here. According to a report by an independent supervisor, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Service is not providing adequate medical care in a new detention center in California City, [...]
A judge sent a doctor to evaluate the Cal City ICE detention center. What he found
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is failing to provide adequate healthcare at a new detention center in California City, according to a report from an independent monitor at the facility, where detainees complained of missing medications and months-long delays to…
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The center's operation in California City puts detainees at serious risk of harm, whether immediate or long-term, alerts the doctor. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Service is not providing adequate medical care at a new detention facility in California City, revealed a report prepared by an independent supervisor who visited the facility, where many of the detainees have complained about the lack of medication and several months' delay in rece…
Report cites healthcare failures at California City detention center
This story was originally published by CalMatters. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is failing to provide adequate healthcare at a new detention center in California City, according to a report from an independent monitor at the facility, where detainees complained of missing medications and months-long delays to cancer treatment. The findings appear in a report by Dr. Muthusamy Anandkumar, a court- appointed monitor of the California Ci…
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