POGO Weekly Spotlight - Our investigations team obtained a medical examiner’s report documenting a range of infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis, that a man being held in ICE custody had at the time of his death. The man did not receive treatment for HIV or tuberculosis for the five months he was held at Eloy Detention Center in Arizona and died from complications of the disease. Experts have long warned about fatal medical neglect in ICE custody.
In Louisiana, Rümeysa Öztürk, a student protestor who was arrested and detained by ICE last month, says she is having difficulty getting medical attention for her asthma. She called the conditions in the facility “very unsanitary, unsafe, and inhumane.”
A 2023 POGO investigation made public closely guarded DHS reports about health, welfare, and safety failures in ICE facilities across the country.
ICYMI ICE Deportation Flight Assault Goes Unreported By Agency: An incident of excessive force being used on a man in full-body restraints onboard an ICE deportation flight went unreported by the agency. We make the details public in a new investigation.
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