Latino USA Podcast: Buried Alive
Over a ten-month period, Latino USA partnered with Rewire.News on an investigation into Laura Monterrosa’s sexual abuse allegations at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center. Listen to the story of that investigation and the alarming questions it raised.
From Latino USA:
There’s a long and extensive pattern of sexual abuse and harassment in immigration detention facilities, even though the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was introduced in DHS facilities in 2014. Over a ten-month period, Latino USA partnered with Rewire.News and dug into one specific case: that of Laura Monterrosa’s sexual abuse allegations at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center. What we learned after reviewing documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request raised questions about the efficacy of internal investigations at immigration facilities across the country and the safety of thousands of people detained there.