ToplineDetainees in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Georgia have suffered “jarring medical neglect” and an abnormally high rate of hysterectomies, according to a whistleblower complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General. Razor wire is seen on the Metropolitan Detention Center prison as mass arrests by federal ... [+] immigration authorities, as ordered by the Trump administration, were supposed to begin in major cities across the nation on July 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Wooten alleges there has been an alarmingly high rate of hysterectomies, in which the uterus is removed, among Spanish-speaking immigrants being held at the facility, many of whom didn’t understand why they were having the procedure. The U.N. defines “imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group” as an act of genocide, a crime under international law. Further ReadingWhistleblower alleges high rate of hysterectomies and medical neglect at ICE facility (CNN)Ice detainees faced medical neglect and hysterectomies, whistleblower alleges (The Guardian)Coronavirus Runs Rampant In Virginia ICE Detention Facility (Forbes)“A SILENT PANDEMIC”: NURSE AT ICE FACILITY BLOWS THE WHISTLE ON CORONAVIRUS DANGERS (The Intercept)Full coverage and live updates on the Coronavirus

Source: Forbes September 15, 2020 17:26 UTC