Washington Inspectors Must Be Let Inside Tacoma Immigrant Detention Center, Judge Rules

Federal judge orders Tacoma ICE center to allow health and safety inspections

A federal judge has ordered the immigration detention center in Tacoma to allow Washington state officials access to conduct health and safety inspections. It’s the latest in a long-running fight between state officials and GEO Group, the private contractor that owns and operates the federal facility.

WA inspectors must be let inside Tacoma detention center, judge rules

A U.S. District Court judge ruled the Northwest ICE Processing Center is subject to state inspections, though the facility’s operator may appeal.

Judge sides with WA, will permit health inspections at Tacoma detention facility

The ruling permits health inspections at the Northwest Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center. The judge’s decision indicates that The GEO Group is likely to lose its attempt to prevent these state health inspections.

WA inspectors must be let inside Tacoma immigrant detention center, judge rules

The private company that runs a Tacoma immigrant detention center must allow state inspectors inside after years of refusing, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Judge orders facility operators to allow health inspections at Tacoma ICE center

A federal judge has granted two preliminary injunctions allowing Washington state health inspectors to enter the privately operated detention center in Tacoma

Federal judge authorizes health inspections at Northwest ICE Processing Center

<p><p>A judge on Thursday sided with the State of Washington’s request for the state health department to inspect the Northwest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Process Center, following over 3,500 complaints from detainees about the center’s conditions.</p></p><p><p>Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown announced in April that the state would seek a federal court order to stop GEO Group from blocking state health depa…