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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

California immigration detainees complained a guard harassed and sexually assaulted them. He then got promoted

Immigrants held at a California detention center have alleged they were sexually harassed by a guard and that their complaints went unanswered while the officer in question was transferred to another facility and promoted, according to a report.

The official, named only as “Lt Quin” by The Los Angeles Times, was contracted to work as an administrative manager at the Golden State Annex in McFarland, California, by a private prison firm, Florida’s GEO Group, at the time the abuse is alleged to have taken place.

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