Colorado issues public health order over tuberculosis at Aurora immigrant detention center

This article from Colorado Public Radio offers a positive update on the reports of tuberculosis at the Aurora immigrant detention center. Colorado’s health department issued a public health order Thursday to GEO Group in a push to allow health authorities to investigate the possible spread of the dangerous disease.

The move comes two months after the Adam County health department was notified of a case of suspected TB, triggering its push to conduct a routine investigation. “Colorado should never have been forced to issue a public health order to gain access to an immigration detention facility for a communicable disease investigation,” said Monique Sherman, managing attorney of the detention program at the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, via email.  

She called on GEO to comply, saying detention facilities have a “legal and moral responsibility to protect the health and well-being of every person in their custody.”