Attorneys and immigrant rights groups have filed a federal complaint to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice on behalf of four immigrant women who say they were sexually assaulted by the same nurse while detained at Stewart Detention Center in Southwest Georgia.
The four women say they were assaulted by the nurse in 2021, and an internal review of employment records that show the nurse was still allowed to see patients after the women filed reports of sexual assault.
While all four women have been released, two reported assault while still in detention and say they were then threatened with years of jail or prolonged detention.
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