LaSalle Corrections, the Louisiana-based company that runs Irwin, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The firm faced similar complaints about coronavirus safety at another facility it runs in Louisiana in July, which a company official denied in later congressional testimony. On Friday, The Washington Post reported that ICE had fueled a large covid-19 outbreak at a Virginia facility by flying detainees there to facilitate the deployment of ICE agents to Washington to quell protests. ADBut Wooten says there was widespread disregard for protecting staff members and inmates at the Georgia facility. ADWooten also said that female detainees at Irwin are given hysterectomies at an improbable rate — possibly without understanding what procedure they are receiving, as most medical staff members don’t speak Spanish.

Source: Washington Post September 15, 2020 10:42 UTC