Detained and Dismissed: Women's Struggles to Obtain Health Care in United States Immigration Detention
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Apr. 23, 2009
ANNOTATION: The finding that "ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] policies unduly deprive women of basic health services" is explained (p. 1). This report is divided into seven parts: summary; methodology; background; findings -- overarching problems in the medical system affecting women's care -- delays and denials of testing and treatment, obstacles to obtaining medical care, distortions of the doctor-patient relationship, detrimental and unnecessary use of restraints and strip searches, discontinuity of care, and lack of effective remedies; findings regarding specific women's health concerns -- routine gynecological care, mammography and breast health, pregnancy, services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, and mental health care; legal standards; and recommendations.