Transgender migrant Shannel Cruz brushes hair extensions in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., July 29, 2018. Picture taken July 29, 2018. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal inspections of the U.S. government's only dedicated detention unit for transgender immigrants last year found hundreds of unanswered requests for medical attention, poor quarantine procedures and deficient treatment for mental illnesses and other chronic diseases, Reuters has learned.
Details of the inspections of the transgender unit at the Cibola County Correctional Center in New Mexico, which have not been reported previously, were contained in internal reports from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) health corps and a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) civil rights office.
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