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A measles outbreak at an ICE detention facility forced quarantine of detainees, highlighting poor health conditions in crowded immigration custody settings.
A measles outbreak at an ICE detention facility forced quarantine of detainees, exposing the health conditions inside the facility. Measles is highly contagious and spreads fastest in crowded, poorly ventilated spaces—exactly what detention centers tend to be. The fact that it spread enough to trigger a quarantine suggests the facility either wasn't prepared or had conditions conducive to rapid transmission.
This is a concrete failure of basic detention standards. Detainees are in government custody and entitled to reasonable health and safety conditions. An outbreak serious enough to require quarantine indicates those conditions weren't met. It also raises questions about what other health risks exist in other detention facilities.
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