Ex-worker at Karnes Immigrant Detention Center Says She Saw Unethical Behavior

This is not a direct testimonial, but an article that describes the experience of a former employee of an immigration detention center. A woman by the name of Olivia Lopez discusses why she ended up quitting her job at the Karnes County Residential Center in Texas after only 6 months. Lopez describes how her superiors often ignored many issues regarding the detainees, such as their health (mental as well as physical), isolated detainees who voiced their concerns and how the detainees experiences incredibly impacted her to the point where she had to quit for her own health. “While there, she said, she became increasingly concerned that detainees’ medical and psychological problems were being downplayed or ignored, and that those who protested conditions were being isolated in what she believed was an attempt to marginalize their complaints.”