Casa de Paz
Detainees recount stories of alleged medical neglect, abuses at Aurora GEO ICE immigration jail
AURORA | Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the ICE detention facility Wednesday night in Aurora to hear accounts of alleged abuse from people detained inside the center. The press conference and protest focused on copies of complaints alleging civil rights violations, medical neglect, and lack of access to adequate nutrition by people who were held […]
Detainees recount stories of alleged medical neglect, abuses at Aurora GEO ICE immigration jail
AURORA | Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the ICE detention facility Wednesday night in Aurora to hear accounts of alleged abuse from people detained inside the center. The press conference and protest focused on copies of complaints alleging civil rights violations, medical neglect, and lack of access to adequate nutrition by people who were held […]
Coalition highlights alleged immigrant mistreatment in Aurora GEO Group ICE facility
AURORA | Medical neglect and mistreatment by staff are the top two concerns for people being detained at the ICE detention facility in Aurora, according to a new accountability report from the Shut Down GEO Aurora Coalition. The coalition released its report this week, which compiled 56 complaints made by 49 people who were detained […]
Advocates demand state action as GEO Group blocks health probes into TB case at Aurora immigration jail
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Six weeks after local officials issued a public health order concerning a confirmed active case of tuberculosis at an immigration detention center in Aurora, the private company that runs the facility still has not allowed access for health officials to complete a legally-required investigation. The result is […]
Casa de Paz aids immigrants in distress released from Aurora ICE detention center
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. AURORA | Sitting on a couch in a one-story house near the immigration detention center in Aurora on a recent rainy weekday, J.R.V. began to retether himself to the life he was ripped from nearly five months ago. At […]