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Northeast Valley News: Former ICE nurse alleges forced sterilizations on detained female immigrants, recalling America’s own dark history of eugenics—U.S. to investigate

Former ICE nurse alleges forced sterilizations on detained female immigrants, recalling America’s own dark history of eugenics—U.S. to investigate This article features Government Accountability Project and our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. A former ICE nurse, Dawn Wooten, who worked for the Irwin County Detention Center, alleged that a physician was performing [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-11-30T13:21:45-05:00November 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, Investigations, Public Health|

Facing South: ICE sterilizations in Georgia evoke tragic chapters in South’s history

ICE sterilizations in Georgia evoke tragic chapters in South's history This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. It's been two months since a whistleblower complaint revealed allegations of nonconsensual hysterectomies being performed on people held in the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia. The U.S. Immigration and Customs [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-09-30T16:20:26-04:00November 20th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, Investigations, National Security & Human Rights, Public Health|

Fairplanet: ‘THE UTERUS COLLECTOR’: END FORCED STERILISATION OF INMATES AND ABOLISH ICE

‘THE UTERUS COLLECTOR’: END FORCED STERILISATION OF INMATES AND ABOLISH ICE This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. A whistleblower complaint filed in September by a nurse who worked at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in Ocilla, Georgia indicates that multiple women held at that carceral facility were [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-09-30T16:26:18-04:00November 4th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, Government Accountability, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

The Nation: The Many Abuses at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia

The Many Abuses at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. “This place is hell…. My experience was darkness, dirtiness, muddiness. The floors—dirty. The walls—dirty. Everything was dirty.” In 2019, Jaromy Floriano Navarro was sent to the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-10-30T15:31:34-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

11 Alive: Rep. Hank Johnson provides more details on allegations at Irwin County ICE detention center

Rep. Hank Johnson provides more details on allegations at Irwin County ICE detention center This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. ATLANTA — Rep. Hank Johnson is holding a virtual press conference this morning to "address the disturbing allegations" that a doctor serially performed unwanted and unnecessary gynecological surgeries on migrant women [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-10-30T15:19:48-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, Federal Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

Marie Claire: Forced Sterilizations Are America’s Best-Kept Secret

Forced Sterilizations Are America's Best-Kept Secret This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. Over the past decade, award-winning director Erika Cohn has investigated a horrific abuse that's one of America's best-kept secrets: forced sterilization. The procedure, considered a form of modern-day eugenics that's historically been associated with Nazi Germany [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-09-30T15:24:33-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, Government Accountability, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

Jezebel: Report Finds 19 Women at ICE Detention Center Were Subject to Aggressive Gynecological Treatments Without Consent

Report Finds 19 Women at ICE Detention Center Were Subject to Aggressive Gynecological Treatments Without Consent This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. In September of this year, Dawn Wooten, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia came forward as a whistleblower accusing the Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-09-30T15:25:12-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

Daily Mail: Mexican woman says ICE accelerated her deportation from Georgia detention center so that she would not report a gynecologist ‘who wanted to remove her womb’

Mexican woman says ICE accelerated her deportation from Georgia detention center so that she would not report a gynecologist 'who wanted to remove her womb' This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. A Mexican woman is accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of speeding up her September deportation to prevent her from [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-10-30T14:09:44-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

Nepal 24 Hours: AFRICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS FACE SHAMEFUL TREATMENT

AFRICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS FACE SHAMEFUL TREATMENT This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. Pastor Ben was a panelist at “From Africa to Deportation: Black Africans Confront the U.S. Asylum System,” an Interfaith Immigration Coalition forum on challenges asylum seekers face in America. Co-hosted and moderated by Sylvie Bello, Cameroon [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-09-30T15:25:43-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

The Washington Post: More immigration detainees allege subpar gynecological care at Georgia facility

More immigration detainees allege subpar gynecological care at Georgia facility This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. A team of medical experts has said it supports calls for an investigation into an immigrant detention center in rural Georgia, after the group examined thousands of pages of medical records for [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-09-30T15:26:56-04:00October 29th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Government Accountability, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights, Top Tier Outlet|