Death of man detained by ICE challenges Biden administration
Barbed wire lines a recreation area at the Stewart Detention Center on Nov. 15, 2019, in Lumpkin, Gerogia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
by: Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
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Feb 8, 2021 / 05:01 PM EST
(CNN) It’s something Azadeh Shahshahani dreads hearing.
And something she says she’s heard too many times already.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced last week that a man who’d been detained at the privately run Stewart Detention Center in South Georgia died after contracting coronavirus. The 57-year-old, identified by Mexican authorities as Félix Montes de Oca Marcelino, had been hospitalized for weeks when he died in Columbus, Georgia, on Jan. 30.
It's something Azadeh Shahshahani dreads hearing.And something she says she's heard too many times already.Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced
The death of an immigration detainee who'd contracted coronavirus is spurring renewed calls for action. It's the fourth Covid-related detainee death tied to the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia and the first since President Biden took office.
CoreCivic: Leavenworth facility not impacted by president’s order
The Leavenworth Times
Update: On Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, CoreCivic spokesman Ryan Gustin said in an email that his previous statement indicating the Leavenworth Detention Center would not be directly impacted by the president s executive order was premature because we’re not yet fully aware of how this executive order could impact each of our facilities.
A presidential executive order that seeks to eliminate the federal government’s use of private prisons will not directly impact the CoreCivic facility in Leavenworth, a company spokesman said.
President Joe Biden issued the executive order Tuesday. The order states the U.S. attorney general “shall not renew Department of Justice contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities, as consistent with applicable law.”