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Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2009
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2009, page 18
Filed under:
GEO Group/Wackenhut,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Toilets,
Transportation,
Restraints,
Immigration,
Mental Health.
Location:
Washington.
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington
by David M. Reutter
Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international human rights law.” The is the conclusion drawn by a 65-page report issued by ...
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