Colorado Orders GEO Group to Comply in June TB Probe at Aurora ICE Center After 1 Month
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Updated · adamscountyco.gov · Aug 14
Colorado Orders GEO Group to Comply in June TB Probe at Aurora ICE Center After 1 Month
3 articles · Updated · adamscountyco.gov · Aug 14
Summary
CDPHE issued a public health order requiring GEO Group to let officials fully investigate a tuberculosis case confirmed in June at the Aurora ICE Processing Center.
More than a month of GEO noncompliance left health authorities uncertain about care for the person with active TB and unable to identify and follow up with close contacts.
The state order reinforces an Adams County Health Department order issued June 25 and backs an independent communicable-disease investigation covering people inside the facility and in the community.
August 17 is the deadline Colorado previously set for the facility to release TB records, as state and county officials work with Denver Health, the attorney general's office and federal partners to contain any further spread.