Dawn Wooten

Press Release: Government Accountability Project Files First Amendment Complaint on Behalf of Whistleblower Nurse Dawn Wooten

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2023  Government Accountability Project Files First Amendment Complaint on Behalf of Whistleblower Nurse Dawn Wooten WASHINGTON—On December 29, 2022, Dawn Wooten, through her attorneys at the Government Accountability Project in Washington, DC and Jack Batson of Augusta, GA, filed a complaint in federal district court alleging that LaSalle Corporation and [...]

Business Insider: The Age of the Work-From-Home Whistleblower

Business Insider: The Age of the Work-From-Home Whistleblower  This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. When Simon Edelman blew the whistle on his former employer, the US Department of Energy, he couldn't have known that his act of defiance was at the forefront of a growing [...]

Georgia Law News: Migrant Women Were Medically Abused at ICE’s Georgia Facility, US Senate Report Says

Georgia Law News: Migrant Women Were Medically Abused at ICE's Georgia Facility, US Senate Report Says This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate members on a committee of inquiry grilled federal immigration officials on Tuesday over a bipartisan report that detailed how [...]

2023-07-17T10:39:58-04:00January 3rd, 2023|Dawn Wooten, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News|

Our Top 5 of 2022

Our Top 5 of 2022 2022 was a record year! At Government Accountability Project, we were hard at work protecting whistleblowers and helping bring their disclosures to light. As one year ends and the next begins, we want to look back and reflect upon our best work and most important cases of 2022. Meltdown: [...]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia ICE Whistleblower Struggles to Make Ends Meet

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia ICE Whistleblower Struggles to Make Ends Meet This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. Dawn Wooten is bracing herself for a lackluster Christmas. Short on money, the Tifton resident knows she will be unable to give her two youngest boys — ages [...]

2023-07-17T10:39:58-04:00December 27th, 2022|Dawn Wooten, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News|

Newsweek: Whistleblowers Keep America Honest, So Keep Them Safe | Opinion

Newsweek: Whistleblowers Keep America Honest, So Keep Them Safe | Opinion This article was written by Government Accountability Project Senior Counsel, Dana Gold, and was originally published here. If we care about the information provided by whistleblowers, we need to care about the whistleblowers too. Last month, the bipartisan Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) [...]

2023-07-17T10:39:58-04:00December 14th, 2022|Dawn Wooten, In The News, Whistleblower Rights, WPIA|

Scheer Post: Senate Investigation: Doctor Contracted by ICE Medically Abused Dozens of Women

Scheer Post: Senate Investigation: Doctor Contracted by ICE Medically Abused Dozens of Women This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. Following an 18-month investigation, a subcommittee in the United States Senate released a report that further confirmed whistleblower allegations that female detainees in the custody of [...]

2023-07-17T10:39:58-04:00November 21st, 2022|Dawn Wooten, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News|

TIME: Senate Committee Finds Medical Abuse of Detained Women at Georgia ICE Facility

Senate Committee Finds Medical Abuse of Detained Women at Georgia ICE Facilities This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. More than two years have passed since whistleblower Dawn Wooten alleged that a gynecologist at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Georgia was performing [...]

2023-07-17T10:39:59-04:00November 17th, 2022|Dawn Wooten, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News|

Georgia Record: Migrant Women Endured Medical Mistreatment at Georgia ICE Facility, US Senate Report Says

Georgia Record: Migrant Women Endured Medical Mistreatment at Georgia ICE Facility, US Senate Report Finds This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. WASHINGTON — Members of the U.S. Senate on an investigation panel on Tuesday grilled federal immigration officials about a bipartisan report that detailed how [...]

2023-07-17T10:39:59-04:00November 17th, 2022|Dawn Wooten, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News|

Washington Post: Senate Report Details Medical Mistreatment of Female Immigration Detainees

Washington Post: Senate Report Details Medical Mistreatment of Female Immigrant Detainees This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client and was originally published here. Women held at a privately run immigration jail in Georgia were probably subjected to unnecessary gynecological procedures, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities did not halt a years-long pattern of what [...]