Court monitor cites laundry list of healthcare failings at major California ICE detention center

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Set us as preferred The largest immigration detention center in California “lacks a reliable system to consistently provide adequate health care, placing individuals at serious risk of both immediate and long-term harm,” according to a report issued this week by a court-appointed monitor.In his report, Dr.Muthusamy Anandkumar, a physician with extensive experience as a medical monitor in immigration detention facilities, state prisons and county jails, cited “a recurring pattern of delayed identification of patient needs, delayed or missed assessments, delayed or inadequate treatment, missed or delayed medication administration, and gaps in follow-up care” at the California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert.According to the report, Anandkumar interviewed more than a dozen staff and 40 patients, conducted a three-day site inspection and reviewed 141 patient medical records and thousands of pages of documents produced by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CoreCivic, the private prison company operating the facility.“This pattern indicates broader problems in the facility’s health care delivery system rather than occasional lapses in care,” Anandkumar said in his report.U.S.

District Judge Maxine M.Chesney appointed Anandkumar to ensure compliance with her February order that ICE provide “constitutionally adequate healthcare” at the detention center.

California A federal judge also required an external monitor be appointed to ensure compliance, including through review of medical records and on-site inspection and interviews with patients and staff at the California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert.Chesney’s ruling stemmed from a class-action lawsuit filed last year by several advocacy nonprofits and law firms — the Prison Law Office, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Cali...