"For more than a year, detainees at a California immigrant detention center said, they were summoned from their dorms to a lieutenant's office late at night. Hours frequently passed, they said, before they were sent back to their dorms. What they allege happened in the office became the subject of federal complaints, which accuse Lt. Quin, then an administrative manager, of harassing, threatening and coercing immigrants into sexual acts at the Golden State Annex in McFarland."
"The Department of Homeland Security said it could not substantiate the allegations. According to an attorney for one of the detainees, the California Attorney General's office opened an investigation into the matter. Immigrant advocates point to the case as one of many allegations of abuse in U.S. immigration facilities, within a system which they say fails to properly investigate. In three complaints reviewed by The Times that were filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), to a watchdog agency and with DHS,"
Detainees at a California immigrant detention center allege a lieutenant summoned them late at night, sometimes holding them for hours and coercing sexual acts. Three federal complaints filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act and with DHS, plus a watchdog filing, accuse Lt. Quin of sexual assault, harassment and other misconduct, and say other staff knew about and facilitated abuse. The Department of Homeland Security said it could not substantiate the allegations, while the California Attorney General's office opened an investigation, according to an attorney. Both the California and Louisiana facilities are operated by the GEO Group, and a social media post appears to allude to the issues.
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