Report: Healthcare Issues at Major ICE Facility Put People ‘at Serious Risk'
The monitor reviewed 141 records and found delayed care, missed medication and weak oversight that put detainees at risk of immediate and long-term harm.
- A court-appointed monitor reported that the California City Immigration Processing Center fails to provide adequate medical care, citing 13 areas of deficiency including missing medications and delayed cancer treatment for detainees at the Mojave Desert facility.
- U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney mandated the independent inquiry earlier this year after seven detainees filed a lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions and seeking to ensure the government provides "constitutionally adequate" medical care at the facility.
- Dr. Muthusamy Anandkumar reviewed 141 patient medical records and found "a recurring pattern of delayed identification of patient needs," stating this "indicates broader problems in the facility's healthcare delivery" rather than isolated lapses.
- CoreCivic spokesperson Ryan Gustin said the company is reviewing the monitor's report while maintaining that "nothing matters more to CoreCivic than the health, safety and well-being of the people in our care."
- A prior inspection 10 months ago by Disability Rights California identified similar failures in distributing medication for life-threatening conditions, highlighting persistent issues with medical oversight at the detention center.
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California’s largest ICE facility did not provide adequate medical care, monitor says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) – A court-appointed monitor has found that California’s largest immigration detention facility did not provide adequate medical care to detainees and violated an earlier court order to do so, according to a filing. “Based on the review, the facility lacks a reliable system to consistently provide adequate health care, placing individuals at serious risk of both immediate and long-term harm,” the …
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A judge sent a doctor to evaluate California’s largest ICE detention center. What he found
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. 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 […]
A judge sent a doctor to evaluate California's largest ICE detention center. What he found
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ArcaMax PublishingCourt monitor cites laundry list of healthcare failings at major California ICE detention center
A federal judge appointed a monitor to ensure compliance with her February order that ICE provide "constitutionally adequate healthcare" at the California City Detention Facility.
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