The deaths of 3 detainees since April, along with the release of internal reports about detention center conditions, have spurred an outcry from advocates.
After Samimi's death, a review by ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility found Aurora's nursing staff was not trained in opioid withdrawal and the facility was short staffed. When Samimi's condition became life-threatening, staff didn't seek emergency care — another deficiency, according to the report.
Security officers at the facility, however, became increasingly concerned about Samimi's condition. One told investigators he felt that Samimi was"suffering." Several said that they"did not share the opinion voiced to them by nurses that Samimi was faking his symptoms." "This man should not have died, plain and simple," said Arash Jahanian, an attorney with the Colorado American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued for records regarding Samimi's death."ICE's own review says there were some serious violations of their own standards for medical care and protocol for how they take care of detainees, and what we would consider basic human decency.
Neglect in detention isn't limited to one facility, or a single company, said Maureen Belluscio, a senior staff attorney with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, which recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a New Jersey jail and private healthcare provider on behalf of the family of a detainee who died in 2017.
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