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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rae Ellen Bichell,Claire Galofaro,Maia Rosenfeld,Renuka Rayasam,Aaron Kessler and Byron Tau

From strokes to untreated HIV, ICE detainees describe medical negligence across the US

An Albanian man, held for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center, said he pulled out his own tooth due to excruciating, untreated pain.

His harrowing account is one of several emerging from US immigration facilities, highlighting severe medical neglect.

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