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News Articles: Stewart Detention Center

Immigration detainees being held in the Stewart Detention Center in south Georgia have a filed a federal lawsuit against the for-profit company that operates the 2,000-bed facility, citing “deplorable conditions” inside the prison. LEDGER-ENQUIRER FILE PHOTO

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Four women allege they were sexually assaulted by nurse at Georgia ICE facility

Four women allege they were sexually assaulted on multiple occasions by a male nurse at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Stewart Detention Center in late 2021.

July 14, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
Stewart Detention Center

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Stewart County Becomes COVID-19 Hot Spot As Cases Rise At Detention Center

An outbreak of COVID-19 at an immigrant detention center is fueling a spike in cases in a west Georgia county. Stewart Detention Center, in the town of Lumpkin, has 47 inmates currently under isolation or monitoring for COVID, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website.

June 22, 2021
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  • Andy Miller
Dawn Wooten

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Congress Launches Inquiry Into South Georgia Immigrant Detention Center

Top U.S. House Democrats are investigating a whistleblower’s allegations that immigrant women in a Georgia detention center endured gynecological procedures without their consent or full understanding of the treatment that was being performed.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Ariana Figueroa
Reporter Seth Freed Wessler spoke with people detained in Irwin County's ICE Detention Center about the pandemic, including Nilson Barahona-Marriaga (pictured here), a 39-year-old father who has diabetes and hypertension, two risk factors for COVID-19.

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With Lack of Pandemic Protections, Fears - And Coronavirus - Spread Among Georgia ICE Detainees

While protests set off by the killing of George Floyd show no signs of letting up, another quieter protest has been stirring at an Immigration and...

June 12, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 1 more
This April 13, 2009 photo shows a detainee at Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., leaving the cafeteria after lunch to go back to their living units.

Man Detained At Georgia Immigrant Detention Center Dies

A man has died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a Georgia immigration detention center. Pedro Arriago-Santoya, 44, was...

July 26, 2019
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

On Second Thought for Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Efrain de la Rosa, a 40-year-old detainee at ICE’s Stewart detention center in Lumpkin, was found dead in his cell last Tuesday. Immigration and Customs...

July 18, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Fenly Foxen ,
  • and 3 more

Another Death At Georgia Immigration Detention Center

There has been another death at Georgia’s largest immigration detention facility. Efrain De La Rosa, 40, was the second apparent suicide and the third...

July 13, 2018
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

A Look Into Immigration Detention Centers

A debate is going on over the operation of immigration detention centers. Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin is one of the largest in the...

July 28, 2017
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By:
  • Tony Harris and
  • Sean Powers
Wilhen Barrientos, 21, came to the U.S. from Guatemala in 2015. He's currently detained at Irwin Detention Center in Georgia. He has been unsuccessful in his attempts to be released on bond and granted political asylum, despite having no criminal history.

Report: Deportations In Georgia Above National Average

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to crack down on people living in the country illegally by deporting or jailing those with criminal records....

November 18, 2016
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By:
  • Sean Powers

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