For Reuters: Serious health care lapses found in U.S. detention center housing transgender migrants

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From the exclusive Reuters reporting: “Federal inspections of the U.S. government’s only dedicated detention unit for transgender immigrants last year found hundreds of unanswered requests for medical attention, poor quarantine procedures and deficient treatment for mental illnesses and other chronic diseases, Reuters has learned.” Read the article here.

Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez, 29, from Honduras poses at her lawyer’s office in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez, 29, from Honduras poses at her lawyer’s office in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez, 29, from Honduras poses at her lawyer’s office in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez, 29, from Honduras fills out forms for healthcare assistance at her lawyer’s office in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez, 29, from Honduras eats lunch at her lawyer’s office in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez, 29, from Honduras takes a photo while eating lunch at her lawyer’s office in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez (L), 29, from Honduras drinks tea with Madison Galo while waiting for assistance with healthcare at Entre Hermanos, a nonprofit organization for LGBTQ Latinos, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez (L), 29, from Honduras drinks tea with Madison Galo while waiting for assistance with healthcare at Entre Hermanos, a nonprofit organization for LGBTQ Latinos, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Transgender woman Shantell Hernandez, 29, from Honduras receives assistance with healthcare at Entre Hermanos, a nonprofit organization for LGBTQ Latinos, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder

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