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GEO Group’s Tacoma Facility Under Fire | Seattle News
Inside Tacoma’s Northwest ICE Processing Center, a nightmare unfolds: unsanitary conditions, withheld medical care, and violent assaults plague a privately run GEO Group facility. Years of blocked oversight, legal battles, and now a new federal contract that prioritizes lax federal standards over stricter state rules have left detainees vulnerable. With two deaths in 2024 alone, community advocates and UW researchers document systemic failures — including ignored evidence in assault cases and taxpayer-funded legal protection for GEO Group. The facility’s expanded capacity and weakened medical…
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