Colorado ICE Jail Reports 12 TB Cases Among 88 Tested as Quarantine Pod Loses AC
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 14
Colorado ICE Jail Reports 12 TB Cases Among 88 Tested as Quarantine Pod Loses AC
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 14
Summary
Twelve detainees in one Aurora ICE jail pod tested positive for tuberculosis after all 88 people there were screened Saturday, up from a single case reported three days earlier.
Detainee testimony said guards did not separate infected people from those who tested negative and instead quarantined the entire pod for at least a week.
A broken air-conditioning system worsened conditions Sunday; staff handed out electric fans as Aurora faced a 96F heat advisory Monday.
DHS and Geo Group did not comment on the reported outbreak, which follows an apparent TB outbreak at the same facility in April 2025.
The Geo-run center, which housed 1,249 detainees in March and can hold 1,532, has drawn repeated oversight visits and lawsuits over detention conditions.