NEW LAWSUIT: We’re suing the Dept of Homeland Security, ICE, and the Bureau of Prisons for records related to COVID-19 to determine what, if anything, they are doing to protect vulnerable populations in prisons and detention centers.
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In March, we submitted #FOIA requests to the agencies and sought the release of directives, risk assessments, and other documents containing key terms related to the coronavirus and vulnerable populations.
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Despite the expanding health crisis in our nation’s detention facilities, the agencies failed to adequately respond to requests within the legally mandated 20 business days, so we’re suing to make these documents public.
Prisons and immigration detention centers are prone to outbreaks of disease given the close proximity of the people within them. AP reported in April that more than 70% of tested inmates in federal prisons had contracted COVID-19.
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We’ve filed more than 550 public records requests with federal and state government agencies to investigate the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus, including requests in Georgia & Florida related to outbreaks in local prisons and jails.
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