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September 15, 2020

Whistleblowing Nurse Says Georgia Immigration Jail Performing Forced Hysterectomies
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A nurse at a Georgia Immigration and Customs Enforcement prison says the
Irwin County Detention Center is performing hysterectomies on prisoners
without their consent. Project South sent the explosive whistleblower
account to the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the
Inspector General. One jailed migrant recounted, "When I met all these
women who had had surgeries, I thought this was like an experimental
concentration camp. It was like they're experimenting with our bodies."
Nurse Dawn Wooten, the whistleblower, also described neglect and
undertesting for COVID-19 at the facility, which is run by the
for-profit La Salle Corrections.


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