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At least 19 Mostly WOC Allege Medical Abuse at Georgia ICE Detention Center

Virginia IsaadOctober 26, 2020

by Virginia IsaadOctober 26, 202003637

Following the September report from whistleblower Dawn Wooten about medical misconduct at the Irwin county detention center in Georgia, at least 19 women have come forward saying they were subject to forced surgeries and medical abuse according to a new...

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The ICE Doctor Accused of Performing Unnecessary Hysterectomies Isn’t Even Board Certified

Virginia IsaadSeptember 24, 2020

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 24, 202004800

The ICE doctor who has allegedly been performing unwanted hysterectomies on women detained at Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia is not a board certified OB-GYN, The Daily Beast reports. Dr. Mahendra Amin is at the center of the...

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ICE Whistleblower Says Doctor Forcibly Sterilized Detainees Without Consent

Virginia IsaadSeptember 15, 2020September 16, 2020

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 15, 2020September 16, 2020010367

The atrocities at detention centers continue to make headlines with little to no changes and now a whistleblower is exposing inhumane treatment that exceeds what’s been reported in the past. Dawn Wooten was employed as a nurse at the Irwin...

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Video Shows Border Patrol Neglected Guatemalan Teen Who Died in Their Custody

Virginia IsaadDecember 6, 2019July 7, 2020

by Virginia IsaadDecember 6, 2019July 7, 202001724

When 16-year-old Guatemalan immigrant Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez was diagnosed with the flu at the Border Patrol processing center in McAllen, Texas, he should have been properly cared for but instead, he was sent to a holding cell in nearby...

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World Children’s Day is the Perfect Time to Talk About Kids in Detention

Araceli CruzNovember 20, 2019July 15, 2020

by Araceli CruzNovember 20, 2019July 15, 202002137

Today is World Children’s Day and what better time than now to bring awareness to a recent report that reveals that more than 300,000 children are detained all over the world. What’s equally upsetting is that the United States has...