Federal Officials Discuss How to Make COVID Oversight More Effective This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. The head of a pandemic watchdog testified on Thursday that an update to a Civil War era law could help his team better fight fraud and build on their success over the past two [...]
A suit filed by the A.C.L.U. accuses ICE jailers of denying detainees vaccines This article excerpt features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower clients, Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. "People with health conditions that place them at high risk from Covid-19 have been denied access to coronavirus vaccine booster shots [...]
A Celebration of Black Whistleblowers Who Made History In honor of Black History Month, our nation celebrates the brave individuals who have stood up for their communities and for what is right, even when it endangers themselves. Over the past few years, our country has had a reckoning with its long history of racism [...]
Reports Show COVID Boosters Are Lagging in ICE Detention, Advocates Call for State to Intervene This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower clients, Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. Immigrant advocates say the rollout of COVID-19 boosters at federal immigration detention centers in California has been sluggish and [...]
U.S. Immigration Detention System: “A Living Hell”This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here.In mid-September 2020, Dawn Wooten, a nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, filed a whistleblower complaint alleging dangerous medical practices at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. According to The Intercept, which [...]
COVID cases surge at immigration detention center in Georgia, ICE data shows This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower clients, Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. The number of COVID-19 infections at a federal immigration detention center in Georgia has increased significantly amid the spread of the highly [...]
COVID-19 infections surging in Georgia immigration detention center This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower clients, Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. A federal immigration detention center in Southwest Georgia is grappling with a surge in COVID-19 infections amid the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant, U.S. [...]
Covid infections surge in immigration detention facilities This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower clients Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. Coronavirus infections in federal immigration detention centers have surged to record highs, with at least one detainee taken to the hospital in recent days, increasing pressure on [...]
DHS medical experts again sound alarm about risky ICE detention, urge access to boosters This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower clients, Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. Two of the physicians who last year urged vaccine access for detained immigrants are back to sounding the alarm, this time as confirmed COVID-19 cases [...]
California settlement limits ICE from re-detaining immigrants freed because of COVID This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower clients, Drs. Scott Allen and Josiah “Jody” Rich, and was originally published here. WASHINGTON — Immigration authorities must preserve coronavirus safety measures that allow for social distancing and vaccination mandates for staff and detainees at two California detention [...]