Detention, Dignity, and a Call for Bioethics Advocacy

A federal complaint filed last month on behalf of a nurse who worked in the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia alleged that immigrants held in this U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility were medically neglected and forced into solitary confinement for speaking out, and that some underwent unnecessary hysterectomies. According to news reports,… Read more The post Detention, Dignity, and a Call for Bioethics Advocacy appeared first on The Hastings Center.
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