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Report Links Poor Medical Care to Deaths in ICE Detention

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Sylvester Owino and Carlos Hidalgo at Adelanto Detention Center. (Courtesy of CIVIC.)
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018
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Poor medical treatment contributed to more than half the deaths reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a 16-month period, Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network, and National Immigrant Justice Center said in a report released today.

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Based on the analysis of independent medical experts, the report, “Code Red: Fatal…

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