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| Immigration prisoners allege officer abuse in Tacoma |
| By Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Published: 11/08/2004 |
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Two people are suing a private corrections company, saying one was viciously beaten and the other sexually harassed while they were being held in Tacoma, Wash., on federal immigration charges. Dozens of inmates witnessed the allegedly unprovoked beating in July of Jose Mancilla Gutierrez, 22, at the Northwest Detention Center, according to his attorney, Gwynne Skinner. Correctional Services Corp., which operates the detention center on the Tacoma tide flats for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, is named as the defendant in the suit along with five of the company's officers and officials. Skinner and her partner, Daniel Gross, filed suit in U.S. District Court last week for Mancilla and Marisela Manzo Torres, 27, who contends that officers sexually harassed her. The warden of the detention center, who works for Correctional Services Corp., could not be reached for comment about the lawsuit. Mancilla and Manzo both faced deportation. Mancilla was determined not to be deportable and was released. Manzo's case is pending. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice said last week that the agency "has worked very hard to ensure that its detention facilities operate at the highest standards. We want to ensure that our personnel and contract personnel conduct themselves in a professional and appropriate manner." |
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