法院任命的医学监察员对加州最大的移民拘留中心进行评估后，发现美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）在该设施未能提供充分的医疗保障。[1]今年3月，法院任命Dr. Muthusamy Anandkumar对位于加州贝克斯菲尔德以东75英里的California City Immigration Processing Center进行监察。[1]该设施由私人监狱公司CoreCivic运营，联邦政府本月初购买了该设施。[1]
监察员的调查发现13个医疗保障缺陷领域，被拘留者面临药物短缺和癌症治疗延误数月等问题。[1]报告指出该设施存在广泛的医疗系统问题，包括人员配置不足、管理不当和监督缺陷。[1]这些发现与2024年9月Disability Rights California进行的两天检查中发现的类似问题相符。[1]该诉讼由7名被拘留者在美国加州北区联邦法院提起。[1]被拘留者Sokhean Keo在ACLU发布的声明中表示："如果这个系统没有改变，病人会死去。"[1]
A medical monitor commissioned by a federal court has documented significant deficiencies in healthcare delivery at California City Immigration Processing Center, the state's largest immigration detention facility.[1] Dr. Muthusamy Anandkumar, appointed in March as the court-ordered medical monitor, identified 13 distinct areas of medical care failure at the center.[1] The facility, operated by private prison company CoreCivic and recently purchased by the federal government, has failed to provide adequate medical safeguards to detainees, according to the assessment.[1]
Detainees at the facility have faced serious healthcare gaps, including medication shortages and cancer treatment delays spanning months.[1] The underlying problems stem from inadequate staffing, mismanagement, and insufficient oversight within the center's medical systems.[1] A separate two-day inspection conducted by Disability Rights California in September 2024 corroborated similar findings.[1] Sokhean Keo, a detainee whose statement was released by the ACLU, warned that "if this system does not change, patients will die."[1] The evaluation was conducted as part of a lawsuit brought by seven detainees in federal court in the Northern District of California.[1]