Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees

At least twelve people detained at a federal immigration jail in Aurora, Colorado, have contracted tuberculosis in recent days, The Guardian reports, citing testimony from inside the facility. Dozens of others have reportedly been placed in quarantine, and those in isolation are said to be enduring it without air conditioning. According to one detainee who has been held there since December, speaking through his partner, the infections are the latest in a series of health concerns at the Aurora facility.

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