Georgia, United States
Immigration authorities have released the last woman detained in an undocumented prison in Georgia, from a group of more than 40 who claim to have suffered medical abuse at the center, civil rights organizations said on Saturday.
Lawyer Azadeh Shahshahani, legal director of Project South, confirmed to Efe that the immigrant, The identity was not revealed, he was released on Friday from Irwin Detention Center in southern Georgia, thanks to a class action lawsuit filed in December against the prison’s gynecologist, Mahendra Amin.
The woman was the last of the group to take part in the legal action that was being held in Irwin after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE, for its acronym) released the rest in recent weeks.
“We are thrilled with the freedom of immigrant women who suffered so much while detained in Irwin. This is only the first step on the path to justice.
Survivors of medical abuse in Irwin must receive compensation for the damage they suffered, “the lawyer said.
“We will not rest until they close this horrible facility,” said one of the group’s lawyers.
The lawsuit was filed in late December in a court of law Georgia and includes the testimonies of more than 40 immigrants who denounced the “neglect, abuse and retaliation” they allegedly experienced while in the custody of ICE CREAM in the center of Irwin, in the remote town of OCILLA.
medical interventions
The women revealed a “relentless pattern of non-consensual medical procedures, including gynecological surgeries unwanted and other non-consensual medical interventions “.
“The word thank you is very small for me God and for all the people who have fought for her liberation. My message to my immigrant people is that we are fighters and I consider myself a strong and fighting woman,” she said. Lourdes, another of those affected, who was released from Irwin last Thursday.
Project South, Government Accountability Project and other organizations uncovered the scandal that rocked the center for undocumented people to a legal complaint they filed last September before the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).