The wrongful termination suit, filed by a former nurse, alleges poor care and unsafe nurse-to-patient ratios at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. Lawyers for detainees say these problems have existed for years.
The sign at the entrance to the Otay Mesa Immigration and Detention Facility is pictured in San Diego, June 22, 2018.
In the complaint, Oliva claims only two nurses were often available to serve a population of 1,500 detainees. “In short, Oliva stressed that because care was not timely provided, detainees were suffering,” the complaint states. The Otay Mesa Detention Center regularly passes annual inspections by Immigration and Customs Enforcement , the federal agency that oversees detention centers.CoreCivic is accredited by the American Correctional Association and the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare. All of their medical staff are licensed and credentialed professionals who meet the highest standard of care, according to Gustin.
Gustin noted that ICE maintains full-time staff on site who monitor conditions at the private detention center. The facility has regularly passed ICE inspections.Although the company claims to provide adequate care, immigration lawyers KPBS spoke to said Oliva’s complaint validates stories from detainees they’ve heard for years.
“When they are requesting to see a doctor, they put their requests early in the morning hoping to be seen that day, but they are not called until two weeks later,” she said.“There’s been multiple instances where someone has asked for a medical service and they are not seen until days later,” she said. “And, when they are seen, it’s just a very simple overview instead of actually getting to the root of the problem.”investigated allegations of medical neglect in private detention centers.
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