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Jan 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: The final known survivor of gynecological abuse at the Irwin County Detention Center secured her freedom yesterday.
She was the last of dozens of identified survivors of medical abuse & neglect while detained at Irwin.
#ShutDownIrwin
The final release comes after the filing of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus & class action lawsuit against ICE, the prison corporation LaSalle, Dr. Amin, as well as the then-director of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, and other officials. #ShutDownIrwin
Oct 23, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: LA Times documents the accounts of 19 mostly Black and Latinx immigrant women who suffered medical abuse while detained at Irwin
latimes.com/politics/story…
“Both Dr. Amin and the referring detention facility took advantage of the vulnerability of women in detention to pressure them to agree to overly aggressive, inappropriate, and unconsented medical care,” according to the report filed by the medical experts.
Jan 29, 2020 • 16 tweets • 9 min read
Amin is one of at least 17 #Iranian students turned away at US airports despite valid visas. He planned to pursue a PhD at U of Florida. Instead, he was chained & taken to the Deyton Detention Center in #Georgia. We @projectsouth have been documenting conditions there. THREAD.
@ProjectSouth Amin was placed in a chilly holding cell at the #Atlanta airport for six hours, then transported to Deyton. Where the officers ordered him to strip naked in front of them. “The moment I entered the cell, I lost my spirit,” he said.
