Thread by @eunicehcho, What's reported at Irwin has been happening for a long time. In [...]

What's reported at Irwin has been happening for a long time. In 2016, I wrote a report regarding ICE detention in the South--Irwin was notable for the fact that detainees faced incredible difficulty obtaining outside medical care from specialists. https://www.splcenter.org/20161121/shadow-prisons-immigrant-detention-south /1

Shadow Prisons: Immigrant Detention in the South

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to deport up to 3 million people, an investigation of immigrant detention centers in the South has found that detainees are routinely denied their due process

https://www.splcenter.org/20161121/shadow-prisons-immigrant-detention-south

Also about Irwin:

Irwin is run by Lasalle Corrections, which has come under fire for terrible medical care of ICE detainees. We published an investigation of several of the LaSalle detention facilities, also in the South, earlier this year: https://www.aclu.org/report/justice-free-zones-us-immigration-detention-under-trump-administration. /4

Justice-Free Zones: U.S. Immigration Detention Under the Trump

Justice-Free Zones: U.S. Immigration Detention Under the Trump Administration, a research report from the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, and the National Immigrant Justice

https://www.aclu.org/report/justice-free-zones-us-immigration-detention-under-trump-administration

For example, at Winn Detention Center in Louisiana, also run by LaSalle Corrections, which runs Irwin, the only doctor is one whose license had been revoked multiple times. /5

More on lax medical care at immigration detention facilities run by LaSalle Corrections:

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