Why a private company is investigating rapes at an ICE detention center instead of the sheriff
Why a private company is investigating rapes at an ICE detention center instead of the sheriff
Why a private company is investigating rapes at an ICE detention center instead of the sheriff
The warden at a privately run immigrant detention center in San Diego County has authority to decide how to investigate rape reports there. A San Diego County supervisor wants to revisit the agreement...
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/44702987
“We’re horrified but not surprised to learn that numerous sexual assaults went uninvestigated at a CoreCivic facility,” said Susan Beaty, senior attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice advocacy group.
“Local and state enforcement agencies have a responsibility to use their power to protect the rights of Californians in detention, and hold accountable both ICE and private prison companies that profit to the tune of billions of taxpayer dollars to incarcerate immigrants in our state.”
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He [Lt. David Collins] said CoreCivic “did not request our involvement” for any cases last year.
“Because no criminal investigations were initiated by the Sheriff’s Office, no reports were forwarded to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office for consideration of charges,” he said.